N.I.E. Obituaries Opinion Outdoors Parenting People Personals Real Estate Religion Space Mall Spec. When Elmer Kelton gets up to speak at the Friends of the Abilene Public Library's Book and Author Dinner Tuesday night, you'll see a fiercely humble West Texan not easily impressed with himself. That's not always true in the literary world.
Many successful authors get obnoxious.
But Elmer's never fallen into that trap. He just likes people and it's not in his nature to be pretentious. Occasionally, he'll meet someone like Jerry Hunt, who has amassed a eyeball-popping collection of Elmer Kelton titles, including those printed in other languages. When Kelton first saw the extent of Hunt's Kelton library, the author found editions of his works even he didn't own. Dr. Clayton, dean of HSU's College of Arts and Sciences and author of the newly revised Clear Fork Cowboys, admits academicians find much food for thought in Kelton's work.