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Book Review of Barbed Wire

Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire
Author: Elmer Kelton
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


In Elmer Kelton's inimitable style, a great story about the advent of barbed wire used to fence open range. A down-on-his-luck cowboy tries to help farmers protect their crops and improve their cattle herds by fencing in their land. The big open range ranchers resent it and war breaks out urged on by another cowboy who is greedy for his boss's power and land.