<d103>02</d103> <div>Joe Pepper is a Texas badman with quite a past. In fact, 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 get that privilege. But before he goes, Joe has a few things he wants to say-and a few stories that he wants to set straight.<br><br>With <i>Joe Pepper</i>, legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton tells a fine and moving tale of the history of his home state of Texas. <br></div> <div>Joe Pepper is a Texas badman with quite a past. In fact, 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 get that privilege. But before he goes, Joe has a few things he wants to say-and a few stories that he wants to set straight.<br><br>With <i>Joe Pepper</i>, legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton tells a fine and moving tale of the history of his home state of Texas. <br></div>