Four-time Western Heritage Award winning author.

Western Writers of America's All-Time Best Western Author.

"Voted 'the greatest Western writer of all time' by the Western Writers of America, Kelton creates characters more complex than L'Amour's." - Kirkus Reviews.

Joe Pepper is a Texas badman with a nasty past. There isn't much that Joe hasn’t done in his forty years of living on both sides of the Texas law - except face the hangman. Now, convicted of murder, Joe is about to do just that. But before he goes, Joe has a few things he wants to say - and a few stories he wants to set straight.