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Over the past several years, I've been working on a book with Tio and Janell Kleberg of the King Ranch. The end is in sight as Janell, with the help of an archivist, is sorting through thousands of Kodachrome slides, some of them 50 years old, to choose the photos for One Day Closer to Rain: A King Ranch Story. When we began this project, we envisioned a coffee table book of about 16,000 words. But the work took on a life of its own, and we're now sitting at about 60,000 words. We're hoping for a Fall 2026 release. Stay tuned.
This past spring, I signed a contract with publisher Creed & Culture to write a biography on the great western writer Elmer Kelton. I've long held that while Larry McMurtry's Lonsome Dove is the finest western novel ever written, Elmer Kelton, on the strengh of his body of work, was our greatest western novelist. I hope to have the manuscript ready to go in late 2027 for a Fall 2028 release.
Busy months ahead.
HC
November 10, 2025