The Time It Never Rained

Acclaimed Western writer Elmer Kelton offers a tale based on firsthand accounts of drought-stricken Texas in the 1950s. It's the story of Charlie Flagg, a hardworking farmer who has always squeaked by--but who finds it increasingly difficult to do so as the pressure intensifies to sell his land to the government. Narrator George Guidall is the quintessential Flagg, a believable, likable, honest Texan who will capture listener's hearts and minds. Guidall's tone is gritty and rough, his pronunciation true to form. He brings his audience back a generation to a time when everything was hard to come by. Listeners will find it hard not to keep a glass of water nearby. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine