01506cam a2200301 4500 121330790 TxAuBib 20121003120000.0 060829s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006028854 9780786291441 U.S. hardcover : lg. print : alk. paper 0786291443 U.S. hardcover : lg. print : alk. paper TxAuBib Kelton, Elmer. Badger Boy [HC] / Elmer Kelton. Large print ed. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2006. 437 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print westerns The adventures of ex-Ranger Rusty Shannon immediately after the Civil War. he Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David "Rusty" Shannon, proud member of a "ranging company" attempting to protect Texas settlers from Indian depredations, finds that the rangers are being disbanded. He makes his way home to his land on the Red River, hoping to take up the life of a farmer and the hand of the beloved girl he left behind, Geneva Monahan. 20121003. Comanche Indians Wars Fiction. Indian captivities Fiction. Large type books. Texas Fiction. Thorndike Press large print westerns.