Max Brand Books In Order

Dan Barry Books In Publication Order

  1. The Untamed (1919)
  2. The Night Horseman (1920)
  3. The Seventh Man (1921)
  4. Dan Barry’s Daughter (1923)

Free Range Lanning Books In Publication Order

  1. Free Range Lanning / Way of the Lawless (As: George Owen Baxter) (1921)
  2. The Return of Free Range Lanning (1995)

Ronicky Doone Books In Publication Order

  1. Ronicky Doone (1921)
  2. Ronicky Doone’s Treasure (1922)
  3. Ronicky Doone’s Reward (1922)

Bull Hunter Books In Publication Order

  1. Bull Hunter (1921)
  2. Bull Hunter’s Romance (1924)

Luck Books In Publication Order

  1. Luck (1926)
  2. Crossroads (1997)

Silvertip Books In Publication Order

  1. Valley Thieves (1933)
  2. The False Rider (1933)
  3. The Man From Mustang (1942)
  4. Silvertip (1942)
  5. Silvertip’s Strike (1942)
  6. Silvertip’s Roundup (1943)
  7. Silvertip’s Trap (1943)
  8. The Fighting Four (1944)
  9. Silvertip’s Chase (1944)
  10. Silvertip’s Search (1945)
  11. The Stolen Stallion (1945)
  12. Mountain Riders (1946)
  13. Valley of Vanishing Men (1947)

Montana Books In Publication Order

  1. Montana Rides! (As: Evan Evans) (1933)
  2. Montana Rides Again (As: Evan Evans) (1934)

Rusty Sabin Saga Books In Publication Order

  1. Call of the Blood / Red Hawk and White Horse / War Party (As: George Owen Baxter) (1934)
  2. Brother of the Cheyennes (As: George Owen Baxter) (1934)
  3. Cheyenne Gold (1972)

Dr. Kildare Books In Publication Order

  1. Calling Dr. Kildare (1940)
  2. The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1940)
  3. Dr. Kildare Takes Charge (1941)
  4. Dr. Kildare’s Trial (1941)
  5. Young Dr. Kildare (1941)
  6. Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1942)
  7. Dr. Kildare’s Search (1943)

The Rancher Books In Publication Order

  1. The Rancher’s Revenge (1959)
  2. The Return of the Rancher (1972)

Thunder Moon Books In Publication Order

  1. Thunder Moon (1970)
  2. Thunder Moon’s Challenge (1982)
  3. Thunder Moon Strikes (1982)
  4. Farewell, Thunder Moon (1996)
  5. The Legend of Thunder Moon (1996)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Harrigan (1918)
  2. Riders of the Silences (As: John Frederick, With: Frank Tenney Johnson) (1919)
  3. Trailin’! (1920)
  4. Gunmen’s Feud / Jerry Peyton’s Notched Inheritance (1920)
  5. Ghost Rider / Clung (1920)
  6. The Ten-Foot Chain (With: Achmed Abdullah,E.K. Means,P.P. Sheehan) (1920)
  7. Gunman’s Reckoning (1921)
  8. The Garden of Eden (1922)
  9. Devil Horse (1922)
  10. The Gauntlet (As: George Owen Baxter) (1922)
  11. Hired Guns (As: Frederick Faust) (1923)
  12. Donnegan / The Guns of Dorking Hollow (As: George Owen Baxter) (1923)
  13. The Long, Long Trail (As: George Owen Baxter) (1923)
  14. Children of Night (1923)
  15. Train’s Trust (As: George Owen Baxter) (1923)
  16. The Gentle Gunman (1924)
  17. The Rangeland Avenger (As: George Owen Baxter) (1924)
  18. Fire Brain (1925)
  19. Beyond the Outposts (1925)
  20. The Whispering Outlaw (As: George Owen Baxter) (1925)
  21. The Black Signal (1925)
  22. King Charlie (As: George Owen Baxter) (1925)
  23. Jim Curry’s Test (1925)
  24. Wooden Guns (As: George Owen Baxter) (1925)
  25. The Shadow of Silver Tip (As: George Owen Baxter) (1925)
  26. The Bronze Collar (As: John Frederick) (1925)
  27. Black Jack (1926)
  28. The Tyrant (1926)
  29. The White Eagle (1926)
  30. The Brute (1926)
  31. The Splendid Rascal (As: George Challis) (1926)
  32. Monsieur (As: George Challis) (1926)
  33. Blackie and Red (1926)
  34. Fate’s Honeymoon (1926)
  35. The Fastest Draw / Senor Jingle Bells (1927)
  36. The Blue Jay (1927)
  37. Pride of Tyson (1927)
  38. Flaming Irons (1927)
  39. The Mountain Fugitive (1927)
  40. The Trap at Comanche Bend (1927)
  41. The Trail to San Triste (As: George Owen Baxter) (1927)
  42. Western Tommy (1927)
  43. The Sword Lover (As: John Frederick) (1927)
  44. On the Trail of Four (1927)
  45. Bandit’s Honor (1927)
  46. The Outlaw Tamer (1927)
  47. Mystery Ranch (1928)
  48. Sawdust and Sixguns / The Tenderfoot / Outlaw’s Gold (As: Evan Evans) (1928)
  49. Lost Wolf (1928)
  50. Border Guns (1928)
  51. Outlaw Valley (As: Evan Evans) (1928)
  52. The Mustang Herder (1928)
  53. Pleasant Jim / Six-Gun Ambush (1928)
  54. Pillar Mountain (1928)
  55. The Killers / Three on the Trail / Gunman’s Goal (As: George Owen Baxter) (1928)
  56. Big Trail (1929)
  57. Mistral (1929)
  58. The Gun Tamer (1929)
  59. Galloping Broncos (1929)
  60. Destry Rides Again (1930)
  61. The Outlaw of Buffalo Flat (1930)
  62. Smiling Charlie (1930)
  63. Strange Courage (As: Evan Evans) (1930)
  64. The Happy Valley (1930)
  65. Dionysus in Hades (As: Frederick Faust) (1931)
  66. Valley Vultures (As: Frederick Faust) (1932)
  67. Twenty Notches (1932)
  68. Drifter’s Vengeance (1932)
  69. The Longhorn Feud (1932)
  70. Gunman’s Legacy (As: Evan Evans) (1932)
  71. The Jackson Trail (1932)
  72. Saddlemates (1932)
  73. Jingo (1933)
  74. The King Bird Rides (1933)
  75. Slow Joe (1933)
  76. Fightin’ Fool / A Fairly Slick Guy (1933)
  77. The Thunderer (As: Frederick Faust) (1933)
  78. The Outlaw (1933)
  79. Red Devil of the Range (As: George Owen Baxter) (1934)
  80. Brothers on the Trail (1934)
  81. Timbal Gulch Trail (1934)
  82. The Sheriff Rides (1934)
  83. Smuggler’s Trail (1934)
  84. Dead Man’s Treasure (1935)
  85. Hunted Riders (1935)
  86. The Seven of Diamonds / Law of the Gun (1935)
  87. Cross Over Nine (As: Walter C. Butler) (1935)
  88. The Bait and the Trap (As: George Challis) (1935)
  89. The Firebrand (As: George Challis) (1935)
  90. Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935)
  91. The Night Flower (As: Walter C. Butler) (1936)
  92. South of Rio Grande (1936)
  93. The Song of the Whip (As: Evan Evans) (1936)
  94. Happy Jack / Outlaw Rider (1936)
  95. Secret Agent Number One (As: Frederick Frost) (1936)
  96. The Streak (1936)
  97. Six Golden Angels (1937)
  98. The Smoking Land (As: George Challis) (1937)
  99. Trouble Trail / Desert Showdown (1937)
  100. Spy Meets Spy (As: Frederick Frost) (1937)
  101. The Golden Knight (As: Frederick Frost) (1937)
  102. The Bamboo Whistle (As: Frederick Frost) (1937)
  103. Dead or Alive (1938)
  104. The Iron Trail‏ (1938)
  105. Singing Guns (1938)
  106. The Naked Blade (As: George Challis) (1938)
  107. Marbleface (1939)
  108. The Dude (1940)
  109. Danger Trail (1940)
  110. Riders of the Plains (1940)
  111. Cleaned Out (1940)
  112. Vengence Trail (1941)
  113. The Border Kid (1941)
  114. The Border Bandit (As: Evan Evans) (1947)
  115. The Long Chance (1947)
  116. The Rescue of Broken Arrow (As: Evan Evans) (1947)
  117. Seven Trails (1949)
  118. Single Jack (1950)
  119. The Bandit of the Black Hills (As: Frederick Faust) (1950)
  120. Hair-Trigger Kid (1951)
  121. Tragedy Trail (1951)
  122. Larramee’s Ranch (1952)
  123. Smiling Desperado (1953)
  124. Outlaw’s Code (As: Evan Evans) (1953)
  125. The Gambler (1954)
  126. The Invisible Outlaw (1954)
  127. Outlaw Breed (1954)
  128. Speedy (1955)
  129. Trail Partners (1956)
  130. The Big Trail (1956)
  131. The Hair-Trigger Kid (1956)
  132. Lucky Larribee (1957)
  133. Blood on the Trail (1957)
  134. Showdown (As: Evan Evans) (1959)
  135. The White Cheyenne (1960)
  136. The Long Chase (1960)
  137. Tamer of the Wild (1962)
  138. Mighty Lobo (1962)
  139. Golden Lightning (1962)
  140. The Stranger (1963)
  141. Torture Trail (1965)
  142. Ride the Wild Trail (1966)
  143. The Stingaree (1969)
  144. Rippon Rides Double (1969)
  145. Trouble Kid (1971)
  146. Ambush at Torture Canyon (1971)
  147. Happy Valley (1972)
  148. The Luck of the Spindrift (1972)
  149. War Party (1973)
  150. The Phantom Spy (1973)
  151. Big Game (1973)
  152. Gunman’s Goal (1974)
  153. Steve Train’s Ordeal (1974)
  154. White Cheyenne (1974)
  155. The White Wolf (1975)
  156. The Last Showdown (1975)
  157. Rawhide Justice (1976)
  158. The Man from Savage Creek (1977)
  159. Rider of the High Hills / Rider of the High Hill (1977)
  160. The Reward (1977)
  161. Shotgun Law (1977)
  162. The Bells of San Filipo (1977)
  163. Storm on the Range (1978)
  164. Gunfighter’s Return (1979)
  165. Tiger (1979)
  166. Galloping Danger (1979)
  167. The Man From The Wilderness (1980)
  168. Six-Gun Country (1980)
  169. Wild Freedom (1981)
  170. The Revenge of Broken Arrow (1981)
  171. King of the Range (1982)
  172. The Lawless Land (1983)
  173. The Making of a Gunman (1983)
  174. Trouble in Timberline (1984)
  175. Mountain Guns (1985)
  176. The Gentle Desperado (1985)
  177. Rogue Mustang (1985)
  178. Trail of San Trieste (1986)
  179. Sixgun Legacy (1986)
  180. The Nighthawk Trail (1987)
  181. One Man Posse (1987)
  182. Coward of the Clan (1991)
  183. Carcajou’s Trail (1991)
  184. Fugitive’s Fire (1991)
  185. The Three Crosses (1993)
  186. Black Thunder (1993)
  187. Battle’s End (1993)
  188. The Best Bandit (1993)
  189. Gun Gentlemen (1993)
  190. The Cross Brand (1993)
  191. Earth Magic (1993)
  192. King Charlie’s Riders (1993)
  193. Tiger Man (As: George Owen Baxter) (1994)
  194. Dust Across the Range (1994)
  195. Chip Champions a Lady (1994)
  196. The Desert Pilot (1994)
  197. Valley of Jewels (1994)
  198. Outcast Breed (1994)
  199. Free Range Lanning (1995)
  200. Sixteen in Nome (1995)
  201. Above the Law (1995)
  202. The Quest of Lee Garrison / Lee Garrison’s Quest (1995)
  203. Murder Me! (1995)
  204. Sunset Wins (1996)
  205. The Wolf Strain (1996)
  206. The One-Way Trail (1996)
  207. The Black Rider (1996)
  208. The Ghost Wagon (1996)
  209. Lightning Warrior (1996)
  210. The Stone That Shines (1997)
  211. The Fugitive’s Mission (1997)
  212. The Ghost Rides Tonight! (1997)
  213. The Laughter of Slim Malone (1997)
  214. Werewolf (1997)
  215. The City in the Sky (1998)
  216. In the Hills of Monterey (1998)
  217. Chinook (1998)
  218. Safety McTee (1998)
  219. Seven Faces (1998)
  220. The Lost Valley (1998)
  221. The Two-Handed Man (1998)
  222. The Geraldi Trail (1999)
  223. The Survival of Juan Oro (1999)
  224. The Fear of Morgan the Fearless (1999)
  225. The Gold Trail (1999)
  226. A Sagebrush Cinderella (2000)
  227. The Masterman (2000)
  228. The Outlaw Redeemer (2000)
  229. The Peril Trek (2000)
  230. The Bright Face of Danger (2000)
  231. The House of Gold (2001)
  232. Don Diablo (2001)
  233. The Welding Quirt (2001)
  234. Crusader (2002)
  235. The Lone Rider (2002)
  236. Smoking Guns (2002)
  237. Blue Kingdom (2003)
  238. The Runaways (2003)
  239. Mountain Storms (2004)
  240. Trouble’s Messenger (2005)
  241. Dogs of the Captain (2006)
  242. Treasure Well (2006)
  243. Acres of Unrest (2007)
  244. Outlaws from Afar (2007)
  245. Rancher’s Legacy (2008)
  246. Mountain Made (2009)
  247. Iron Dust (2010)
  248. Lightning of Gold (2012)
  249. Bandit’s Trail (2013)
  250. Old Carver Ranch (2013)
  251. Stagecoach (2013)
  252. The Brass Man (2014)
  253. The Wolf and the Man (2014)
  254. The Lightning Warrior (2014)
  255. Champion of Lost Causes (2014)
  256. Out of the Wilderness (2014)
  257. The Trail Beyond (2014)
  258. The Tracker (2014)
  259. The Golden Cat (2015)
  260. The Winged Horse (2015)
  261. Torturous Trek (2016)
  262. Daring Duval (2017)
  263. Sour Creek Valley (2017)
  264. Red Hawk’s Trail (2018)
  265. The Double Rider (2018)
  266. Jigger Bunts (2019)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Village Street and Other Poems (As: Frederick Faust) (1922)
  2. Wine on the Desert and Other Stories (1940)
  3. The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand (1957)
  4. Tales of the Wild West (1962)
  5. Max Brand’s Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 (With: William Nolan) (1981)
  6. Wine on the Desert (1983)
  7. Max Brand’s Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 (With: William Nolan) (1985)
  8. Max Brand’s Best Western Stories, Vol. 3 (With: William Nolan) (1987)
  9. The Sacking of El Dorado (1994)
  10. The Collected Stories of Max Brand (1994)
  11. The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures (1996)
  12. The Black Rider and Other Stories (1996)
  13. Outlaws All (1996)
  14. The Bells of San Carlos (1996)
  15. Slumber Mountain (1997)
  16. Men Beyond the Law (1997)
  17. Two Sixes (1997)
  18. The Abandoned Outlaw (1997)
  19. The Rock of Kiever (1998)
  20. The Oath of Office (1998)
  21. Stolen Gold (1999)
  22. More Tales of the Wild West (1999)
  23. Timber Line (1999)
  24. The Overland Kid (2000)
  25. Jokers Extra Wild (2002)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal (1996)
  2. Laboratory Excursions (1996)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The New Frontier (1989)
  2. The Golden West (2003)
  3. The Devil’s Coattails (2012)

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Max Brand Books Overview

The Untamed

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

The Night Horseman

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

The Seventh Man

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Free Range Lanning / Way of the Lawless (As: George Owen Baxter)

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Ronicky Doone

He came into the town as a solid, swiftly moving dust cloud. The wind from behind had kept the dust moving forward at a pace just equal to the gallop of his horse. Not until he had brought his mount to a halt in front of the hotel and swung down to the ground did either he or his horse become distinctly visible. Then it was seen that the animal was in the last stages of exhaustion, with dull eyes and hanging head and forelegs braced widely apart, while the sweat dripped steadily from his flanks into the white dust on the street. Plainly he had been pushed to the last limit of his strength. The rider was almost as far spent as his mount, for he went up the steps of the hotel with his shoulders sagging with weariness, a wide shouldered, gaunt ribbed man. Thick layers of dust had turned his red kerchief and his blue shirt to a common gray. Dust, too, made a mask of his face, and through that mask the eyes peered out, surrounded by pink skin. Even at its best the long, solemn face could never have been called handsome. But, on this particular day, he seemed a haunted man, or one fleeing from an inescapable danger…
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Ronicky Doone’s Treasure

In the black darkness of night, Ronicky Doone overhears the plans of Jack Moon’s ruthless gang of cutthroats to kill someone named Hugh Dawn for deserting the gang. While Ronicky doesn’t know Hugh Dawn or Jack Moon, he is always ready for adventure. With the aid of his trusty, well trained horse, Lou, he outraces Moon’s gang and successfully warns Hugh Dawn of his danger. Hugh and his gentle daughter, Jerry, accept Ronicky’s help and flee with him after Ronicky prophetically says, ‘I’m one of them with nothing on my hands but a considerable lot of time and an itch for action. Seems to me that there may be some more action before this game’s done and over.’

Bull Hunter

Max Brand was one of the pen names used by Frederick Schiller Faust May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944. Faust was an American fiction author best known for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. In the 1910’s he began selling stories to pulp fiction magazines. His love of mythology is evident in his fiction writings. Peter Reeve badly wounds Bull Hunter‘s uncle in a gunfight. Bull intends to track down the gunman and kill him, not just for revenge, but to silence those who laughed at him and said he was too huge to be any good. Bull finds Reeve sitting in jail, waiting to be tried for murder, but not even the law can keep Bull from his showdown with him.

Luck

Pierre Ryder has been forged by the sternest of frontier Jesuits for the hard life of a missionary priest in the frozen wastes of the Far North. Although a novice short of his vows, he is a young David, mighty in faith and learning, able to ride any horse, to run a hundred miles a day behind a dog team, to fight skillfully, and to shoot unerringly. Yet he remains gentle and unaffected, his thoughts as clear as spring water. Into this life a thunderbolt descends: a letter from his father, long thought dead, who lies dying of a bullet wound. Ignoring the pleas of the good priests, Pierre rides at once to avenge his father, into a life and a country far different from all he has ever known. He takes only the cross of Meilan, great in blessing and great in burden. When he meets Jacqueline Boone Jack his life and hers are changed forever. What he encounters he could not foresee, in depths of evil and betrayal and the mystery of the female heart. Luck, like many of Max Brand’s works, originally appeared in serial form. It was the first installment in the life of one of his finest and most memorable tragic hero*ines. This first authentic book length publication restores important material and conforms to the author s intentions.

Crossroads

Crossroads, the fast paced sequel to Luck, originally appeared serially in Argosy All Story in six parts. As with all the work of Max Brand, gripping narrative carries the reader on a lightning ride from one suspenseful climax to the next. Presented here for the first time in book form, with the full text and original title restored, is the continuing saga of Brand’s finest hero*ine, Jack Jacqueline Boone. Jack was blessed and cursed by the cross of Meilan when she met Dix Van Dyck. Dix, perhaps too fond of action and excitement, had stayed out of trouble on the strength of his boyish charm and the verdict of suicide passed on those who drew their guns on him. But he eventually runs afoul of the new sheriff, whose brother Dix had justifiably strangled with his bare hands. Repairing to the distant back country hellhole of Double Bend, Dix finds out just how much trouble Jack Boone will bring him. She warned him, There s bad luck around me. That ain t all. There s hell!

Montana Rides! (As: Evan Evans)

He didn’t even have a name. In his own words, he was a tramp. They called him ‘Kid,’ ‘Montana,’ ‘Mexico’ or ‘Punch.’ But manacled in the sheriff’s office he wanted to be called Montana, because ‘it’s farther away right now.’ The one thing Montana did have was a reputation. He said he was only crooked with crooks. The sheriff thinks different, but can’t prove it. He lets Montana go, but it isn’t long before a local cattle baron’s long lost son shows up to claim his inheritance looking amazingly like Montana! ‘Classical Western excitement at its very best by a master of the genre.’ B O T Editorial Review Board

Montana Rides Again (As: Evan Evans)

The Montana Kid, ‘El Keed’ south of the border, slips a marriage noose to join Mateo Rubriz, prince of Mexican outlaws, in a wild cross border raid. The target: a gold and emerald crown stolen by the governor of Duraya from the church under his protection! In Duraya, Montana and Rubriz have no problem getting into the governor’s fort, even finding the crown. It’s the getting out that nearly undoes them! ‘Max Brand blazed the western trail for others who came after him. He invented the type for films to follow and, with his books and stories, brought us entertainment that shines as brightly today as when it was first written.’ B O T Editorial Review Board

Dr. Kildare Takes Charge

The boy was nineteen, the girl was younger. Their tightly clasped hands told Kildare all he needed to kn ow about their urgent love for each other. But could he find a way to stop them? ‘

The Return of the Rancher

The wounded outlaw blurted out the warning to range boss Jim Seton, and Seton knew that if he wasn’t careful, the man’s words would prove true; Doug Walters’ men were out for his blood. After five years in prison, Seton dared to return to the hostile town he called home and within shooting range of the one man who would pay a fortune to see him dead. Then, within twenty four hours, Walters’ cut throats came after Seton with the promise of big money in their eyes, murder in their hearts and blazing Colts in their hands. But Seton was all man and a yard wide smart enough and tough enough to take on these hombres and anything worse north of the Rio Grande and win.

Farewell, Thunder Moon

The Thunder Moon series represents some of Max Brand’s best work, originally published in 1927 28 as a series of interlocking stories. The University of Nebraska Press is now republishing these stories uncut and in the sequence Faust intended, with careful reference to the original typescripts. In order, the works appear in four volumes as The Legend of Thunder Moon, Red Wind and Thunder Moon, Thunder Moon and the Sky People, and Farewell, Thunder Moon.

Farewell, Thunder Moon originally appeared in 1928 in Western Story Magazine. In this work, Thunder Moon is betrayed yet again and forced to flee his newly found home among those from whom he was abducted as a child. Returning to the plains that have been the scene of his greatest exploits, he finds the shadows of the encroaching whites lengthening on the lodges of his people.

Forced, in order to preserve his people, to make choices that they cannot understand, Thunder Moon must again confront his hereditary enemy, the Pawnees, as well as the oncoming whites. But soon Thunder Moon s greatest test draws nigh, and he must find where his heart truly lies.

The Legend of Thunder Moon

The Thunder Moon series represents some of Max Brand’s best work, originally published in 1927 28 as a series of interlocking stories. The University of Nebraska Press is now republishing these stories uncut and in the sequence Faust intended, with careful reference to the original typescripts. In order, the works appear in four volumes as The Legend of Thunder Moon, Red Wind and Thunder Moon, Thunder Moon and the Sky People, and Farewell, Thunder Moon. The Legend of Thunder Moon is an intriguing and successful re creation of the spirit of Cheyenne life during its golden age of nomadic hunting and superb horsemanship on the Great Plains. A Cheyenne brave, Big Hard Face, lacking a son to reaffirm his status, journeys east and kidnaps a white boy. The boy, raised as Thunder Moon, becomes immersed in Cheyenne culture and seeks honor through warfare and hunting to overcome the stigma of his lighter skin. Yet Thunder Moon refuses the self torture of the Sun Dance, the major passage to adult status for males. Forced to prove himself through other means, Thunder Moon leads an audacious and successful raid against the fearsome Comanches. In this inaugural volume of the Thunder Moon tetralogy, we find Brand at his best, uniting a gripping tale of action with a shift from seeing the Native American as an implacably hostile menace to a more nuanced and sympathetic figure.

Harrigan

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Riders of the Silences (As: John Frederick, With: Frank Tenney Johnson)

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale slick magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Trailin’!

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Gunman’s Reckoning

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

The Gauntlet (As: George Owen Baxter)

The friendship of Red Harrigan and Black MacTee is legendary in the Old West until they both fall in love with Kate Malone in ‘The Blackness of MacTee.’ In ‘The Gauntlet, ‘ wastrel Joseph Stillwater Larrimee has struck it rich and is on his way to exchange his gold for currency when he comes upon a small woman’s gauntlet. Arriving in town, he learns that a woman who could only be his lady of the gauntlet has passed through town surrounded by a gang of tough looking men.

Hired Guns (As: Frederick Faust)

Billy Buel was a fearsome fighter with hands or guns or knives. For nine years a feud had raged between the Benchleys and the Camps. At last, they decided on a two-man duel to settle their grudge. Now Billy, hired by the Camps, faces Ames Benchley.

Donnegan / The Guns of Dorking Hollow (As: George Owen Baxter)

Enforcing his own brand of justice with his ever ready six gun, Donnegan shoots down everyone who stands in his way and sets his sights on a sidewinder with whom he has a personal score to settle.

The Rangeland Avenger (As: George Owen Baxter)

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Beyond the Outposts

WesternYoung Lew Dorset is a runaway from his uncles tyranny following his fathers daring prison break. He heads to the Far West because that is where his father has gone to lose his identity. After their freight train is attacked by Cheyenne Indians, Lew and his new friend, Chuck Morris, spring an ambush on the marauders and are pursued until they find shelter in a Sioux Village. It is here that Lew comes to know the great Sioux chieftains, Standing Bear and Three Buck Elk, saves the life and becomes a blood brother to Sitting Wolf. Once he does find his father, their confrontation is harrowing. Beyond the Outposts is a powerful and unforgettable FIVE STAR WESTERN. First Edition Western

The Whispering Outlaw (As: George Owen Baxter)

‘Steady, Borgen,’ said a terrible and familiar murmur behind him. ‘Steady, man. If you turn, I shoot.’ There was a tidal wave of crime, of murder, of robbery. Here and there, separated at distances of five hundred or even a thousand miles, crimes were committed which were carefully prepared with a painful and laborious hand; and then they were executed in an instant by one or two bold spirits directed by one man one quiet voiced, uncannily brilliant outlaw who seemed to know everything before it happened the Whisperer. Who was this whispering outlaw who could so easily slip through the hand of the lawmen Kenworthy and even baffle the seasoned and brutal gunman Lew Borgen, whom he drew to his ranks? What dark vengeance choreographed the far flung criminal schemes of such a mysterious and evil genius? Find out in Max Brand’s masterful classic western The Whispering Outlaw.

King Charlie (As: George Owen Baxter)

Striking fear in the hearts of anyone who hears his name and thus staying in control of his area of the Old West, outlaw and renegade leader Charlie sees his reign drawing to a close and decides to find a successor.

The Shadow of Silver Tip (As: George Owen Baxter)

Tom Converse was the kind of man to pull a Colt from his back pocket faster than the seasoned gunslingers could draw from a hip holster. It seemed to come easy to him like breathing in and out. But was he also the kind of man to make a whole town trigger happy with fear? Did he hide behind a dark mask and come back for vengeance? Was he The Shadow? Sylvia didn’t think so. ‘I’m the only one who knows the face of the real Shadow,’ she said. A dappled chestnut with black points is the only cue to the identity of a town’s secret horror. It could be a case of mistaken identity, but yet, again…
This early Max Brand classic features the mysterious and ambiguous figure of The Shadow, a masked and lonely gunslinger who foreshadows great Western legends like Zorro and the Lone Ranger.

Black Jack

Frederick Schiller Faust 1892 1944 was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale ‘slick’ magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations. The classical influences are particularly noticeable in his first novel The Untamed 1919, which was also made into a motion picture starring Tom Mix in 1920.

Blackie and Red

Blackie and Red were running away from the orphanage when they were found by Andy Connell. He offered them a home with him and his wife. The boys were as different as the color of their hair, and each had his own approach to getting ahead in the world. Blackie scorned Red’s proud determination to be his own man. And, when Andy Connell struck it rich, Blackie just knew that life was going to give him everything he deserved.

Pride of Tyson

Fleeing the life of a New York aristocrat, Henry Tyson blazes a trail to the land of lawless renegades and rustlers, double dealing gamblers and backshooting gringos to live the untamed life of a frontiersman.

The Mountain Fugitive

Raw frontier action is epitomized in Lee Porfilo. With a penchant for settling his problems with his fists, Porfilo is always in trouble. And trouble comes to stay when he beats a rich man’s son. Now he has an enemy for life. Framed for murder and sentenced to the penitentiary, he is saved by Tex Cummins’ small steel saw and heads for the mountains. As a mountain fugitive, he meets ravishing, red haired Margaret O’Rourke, whom he renames Mike. She warns him that Cummins’ contribution to his freedom wasn’t all charity. And that prophesy comes true when Cummins shows him how to make money fast and easy. But there’s good in Porfilo’s soul and he’d rather go straight. Tired of running, he’d just as soon die facing his enemies head on than live life as an outlaw.

The Outlaw Tamer

Sandy is a gentle giant who would never hurt anyone or anything, but if he is crossed, he can tame any outlaw and outshoot the quickest gunman, and even the lowest outlaws in the country hired to kill Sandy do not stand a chance.

Outlaw Valley (As: Evan Evans)

Terry Shawn was a kind hearted outlaw. He took from the rich and gave to the poor and while doing so, stole the heart of a beautiful young woman. Infuriated lawmen could never catch up with him. But deep in one secluded valley lived an older man with such a haunted past, he chose the solitude of a wild mountain range to find peace for his troubled soul. From this man named Shannon, Terry came to know the real meaning of honesty and friendship. More importantly, he learned that adventure without regard for others could lead to disaster.

The Mustang Herder

Perfecting his skills in street fighting and gunslinging, New York born Gregg heads west in the hopes of making his fortune and is disgusted by his subsequent job as a mustang herder, until a band of thugs offers him the adventure he craves.

Destry Rides Again

Destry, young and reckless but no criminal, sat stunned as the judge pronounced him guilty. But he was innocent! He eyed the 12 man jury, then responded with words that would become legend in the little frontier town of Wham.

‘Twelve peers? Twelve half bred pups! Well, let em think this over. When my ten years is up, I’m gonna call on em. If they ain’t in, I’m gonna leave my card anyway. I’ve been a waster, a fighter, a no good citizen, but this here charge is a lie I never robbed the Express!’

‘A classic example of the myth of the Old West. A must for any western fiction lover!’ ALA Booklist

Timbal Gulch Trail

‘One way only Death.’ This was the message that Walt Devon intercepted by chance in the gold crazy town of West London. A murder was being arranged and Devon intended being around when the shooting started. What Devon didn’t know was that he was to play the part of the corpse…
Max Brand at his best pure Western adventure! One rancher defends his land against those who want it by any means possible.

Marbleface

I’d almost been middleweight champion of the world. But then some doctors told me my heart was no good from now on everything must be slow and easy; no emotion. Keep your heart locked up. Smile at everything. Play poker all your life.

That was just how I happened to go wrong. I found out that if I worked out slowly, I could still ride a horse, even climb a mountain. All I had to watch were my nerves. Every time I got a nerve shock, my heart went smash. But at the end of three months you could curse me, threaten me, pull a gun on me. It made no difference. I could keep those nerves as steady as a ticking clock.

I still had my fighting nature, but instead of using my fists, I learned to use a gun. And to make money I learned to play poker. I was good at both. My face was like ice, my nerves were steel, my hands were fast. With a gun on my hip, I wasn’t afraid of anything.

Hair-Trigger Kid

a selection from: Chapter 1 Plain Poison Two Things waited for John Milman when he got West. One was his family, and the other was the spring. When he got to the end of the railroad, he could see spring eating its way up the mountains, taking the white from their shoulders and streaking the desert itself with green. But his family was not on hand with means to take him out to the ranch, and therefore he had to wait restlessly in the hotel, pacing up and down his room, and damning all delays. Sheriff Lew Walters was in that room, trying to help his friend kill time and uselessly pointing out that in an hour or two, at the most, the wife and daughter of Milman were sure to arrive. He might as well have read a chapter out of the Bible. Or better, perhaps. ‘I haven’t seen them for six months!’ said Milman. This was a proof that he was still, to a degree, an outlander. Real Westerners will not give way to their emotions so readily. They have picked up some of the manners of the wild Indians. But the sheriff, who knew the worth of this man, merely smiled and nodded. ‘A lot of things can happen in an hour,’ said Milman. ‘I wonder what’s kept them hack? Elinore’s as punctual as a chronometer, always. And Georgia would never be late for me! A lot of things can happen in an hour around this part of the world. How is Mr. Law, and old lady Order, his wife, Lew? They’re still in your charge, I suppose?’ ‘They’re recuperatin’,’ said the sheriff gravely. ‘They got a sort of shock and a setback a while ago, but they’re recuperatin’.’ ‘What gave them the shock?’ ‘Well, typhoid fever, smallpox, diphtheria, delirium tremens and muscular rheumatism all hit this town together, one day, when Billy Shay turned up and opened his gambling house. I had old Law and Order out, taking the sun and the air every day, but now they don’t dare to leave their beds till the sun’s at nine o’clock, and they creep back in around about sundown.’ ‘Who is Billy Shay?’ asked Milman, willing to forget his trouble for a moment. ‘Shay is poison,’ said the sheriff. ‘What kind?’ ‘Skunk poison,’ said the sheriff inelegantly. ‘He’s just one of those mean, low down, sneakin’ curs that has teeth and knows how to use ’em.’ ‘Then why don’t you run ‘im out?’ ‘I can’t hang anything on him. I know that everything crooked in the town depends on Shay, but still I can’t get any information against him. He’s slick as a snake, and he could hide in a snake’s hole, if he wanted to.’ ‘How does the town take to him?’ ‘How does any town this far West take to a chance to spoil its health, throw away its bank account, wreck its eyes, and quit work? Why, this town of Dry Creek is crazy about Billy Shay.’ ‘Does everyone know that he’s a crook? ‘Of course, everybody does. That won’t hold your real hundred per cent Westerner from going to that gaming house and tossing his money away. Shay has such a good thing that he only has to use the brakes now and then to stop somebody on a big run. As long as a fool wins once in three times, he’s sure to come back for more. And one player out of ten always makes something worth while. They do the advertising for Billy Shay.’ He extended his hand, pointing across the street. ‘There’s Billy’s house. He’s gone and got himself the finest place in town.’

Outlaw’s Code (As: Evan Evans)

In the old days half the drifters and hard cases in the west ended up in El Paso. It had everything: easy money, easy women, easy laws. But then Marshal Neilan moved in to clean it up. He had an ally, a Robin Hood sort of young man, Lawrence Grey. It was Grey who got the job of locating a dead man deep inside of Mexico. So Grey set off solo on a spirited mare and found for himself not only the dead man who was very much alive but also the great adventure of his life! Max Brand and Evan Evans were two of the pen names used by Frederick Faust, the prolific American author who was killed in combat during WW II. He was a correspondent who found in war a real world of valor and violence not much different from the one he imagined in his hundreds of stories and books.

Outlaw Breed

All it took was one look to know that young Phil Slader was bad to the bone. The son of a murdering outlaw, he was adopted by the man who put a bullet in his father’s heart. No more than a boy, his cold eyes burned with hate.

Speedy

He arrived on an iron horse. And when the train pulled away, the town had a boxcar full of trouble. He went by the name of Speedy. Some called him a tramp and others called him worse. Speedy was a young con man who knew the fastest way to a rich man’s wallet and a pretty girl’s heart. To Speedy, Durfee didn’t look any different from a hundred other towns he’d seen before. There were fat bankers waiting for his smooth talk, and lovely young ladies ready to swoon over his smile and his guitar playing. But this time the charming trickster was about to meet his match in a girl out to steal his heart!

Tamer of the Wild

Rory wanted only one thing the impossible. He would meet any challenge taming a horse, healing a chi ld, outwitting a medicine man. Owning the red eyed ruby, the precious Apache amulet, is Rory”s latest impossible target. ‘

The Stingaree

When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, his one friend there was the boy Jimmy Green. Most people thought Joe was just an easygoing tramp who would do anything to avoid a fight. Stanley Parker, however, suspected that the stranger was more dangerous than he pretended to be. Ever since Parker had won fame and fortune by gunning down the notorious Bob Dillman, he had been expecting the outlaw’s partner, the deadly Stingaree. And Parker knew he would have to kill The Stingaree if he could! Here is a fast moving story of a man of many names aned many skills who found that his ordeal had just begun when he met his enemy. Ahead of him lay the perils of hired guns and wilderness traps and a bitter conflict with his own code of honor.

Gunman’s Goal

The story of the first adventure of James Geraldi, legendary outlaw of the old wild West. Given refuge in the Asprey house when on the run, Louise Asprey begs him to help find her father, a fugitive since he was falsely accused of murder five years ago. But Louise isn’t the only one looking for him

The White Wolf

The snarling wolf swept from the hills to Tucker Crosden’s spread. It slaughtered his dogs…
but one survived. For the dog called White Wolf was different, born and bred to be a champion…
and destined to be a leader among wolves. The wolves made this dog their own. And soon Crosden’s prize had learned merciless rules of the wild. Fearless of any danger, White Wolf ran, teeth bared, at the head of the pack on savage raids through the wilderness. But thrown together again by a trick of fate, Crosden and White Wolf face each other. And White Wolf must choose between the blood hungry laws of nature or those of man. Max Brand’s action filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides.

The Bells of San Filipo

Jim Gore prospects the barren hills of the southwest, dreaming of striking it rich. He is a man as lonely and forgotten as the nearby ghost town itself, San Filipo. That is, until an earthquake uncovers the abandoned town’s long guarded secret a treasure in silver! How much more is still hidden beneath the ruins? Jim meets the mysterious Chris Estaban, a man with secrets of his own, who tells Jim that he is also known as ‘The Doctor’ and ‘Colonel Dice.’ Jim knows his only chance to get the silver is to team up with this mysterious gunman and gambler. But what he doesn’t know is that his easy going life will end forever when greed, violence and betrayal take over.

Trouble in Timberline

Barney Dwyer was a powerful and good natured young cowpuncher. Unfortunately, his hands were so strong that he broke almost every farm tool he touched. Finally his hot tempered ranch owning boss, Dan Peary, lost his patience and fired him, paying Barney off with a mustang so wild that even professional horsebreakers couldn’t ride it. Barney was told to collect the remaining few dollars of his wages from Peary’s son, Len, who had joined a tough gang of gunslingers in the mountain town of Timberline. Almost from the first hour, Barney made enemies in Timberline. Soon, violent confrontations send Barney on a long bloody trail, pursued by a trigger happy pack of enemies.

The Cross Brand

TWO BRAND CLASSICS! Here, together in one volume, are two thrilling novels by Max Brand, the master of Western fiction. Dust Across the Range presents the story of Harry Mortimer, a free thinking, college educated man who knows the brutal devastation that a dust storm can bring. As part owner of a ranch, he has been trying desperately to put his new ideas of soil conservation into practice. But it’s only the elemental forces of nature that can show the reluctant ranchers and townsfolk the error of their ways. Will they see it in time? In The Cross Brand, Sheriff Harry Ganton and Jack Bristol have been friends since they were young. But when Harry accuses Jack of trying to steal his girl, guns blaze and the sheriff is shot. Jack, believing he has killed his friend, flees town, only to run into two mysterious hardcases, one of whom has a cross brand on his forehead…
and a date with the hangman’s noose in his future.

The Desert Pilot

Two western classics in paperback for the first time! In The Desert Pilot, Reverend Reginald Ingram arrives in the town of Billman hoping to defeat the lawless. Then Ingram realizes he must make a choice between his peaceful ways and survival. And in Valley of Jewels, Dagget Valley is the place where Buck Logan plots to con an old man into revealing where he had hidden a cache of jewels worth thousands. But schemes don’t always go according to plans.

Free Range Lanning

When Jasper Lanning decided to raise his nep hew Andy as his own son, he taught him everything a man shou ld know. When heavy drinking Buck started a quarrel, Jasper was pleased that Andy sent Buck flying. But Andy rode off, t hinking he was a murderer. ‘

Sixteen in Nome

Sixteen in Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to ‘make his stake for a ranch.’ Joe finds being on his own difficult as he reflects ‘Sixteen is a bad age for a boy. It is too full of growing and not enough full of strength.’ Joe’s coming of age story in Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890’s is an intertwining backdrop to the conflict between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont. Massey and Calmont were a legend in the Yukon, partners in all until they clash over a most extraordinary and powerful dog known as Alec the Great, and over a mystery woman, Marjorie, who puts herself up for auction to the highest bidder among the Nome miners. Calmont wins the auction but Massey wins Marjorie’s heart, just as he had won Alec’s heart when Alec belonged to Calmont.

The Quest of Lee Garrison / Lee Garrison’s Quest

In a novel that is fully restored to its original length for the first time, a young man sets out on a cross country quest for a legendary mustang, and learns the true meaning of honor.

The Wolf Strain

WesternLarge Print EditionBen Flinders life is complicated by the arrival of a desperate young woman running away in Bared Fangs. In Gallows Gamble, Jack Sherry and his partner Bill Garvin are making their last run across the border herding wet cattle in hopes of getting out of debt and starting over when Sherry is shot and Garvin is sentenced to hang. Finally, The Wolf Strain continues the adventure of the wolf dog known as The Ghost. This trio of stirring short novels demonstrates the sensitivity and scope of Max Brands body of work.

The One-Way Trail

When Harry French left home he was just another kid looking to make his way. But when he comes back four years later, things are different. He’s different. Or at least the town thinks so. Now nobody looks him in the eye. He isn’t just Harry anymore, he’s the Shifter, a gunfighter who brings trouble with him wherever he goes. And as hard as Harry tries, he finds that a reputation is a lot harder to put down than a gun.

The Black Rider

One of Max Brand’s greatest gifts as a storyteller is his ability to create unforgettable, larger than life characters. In the novella ‘The Black Rider,’ a Navajo named Taki is fluent in four languages, a skilled knife thrower, a consummate horseman, and can outwit any opponent. But a woman named Lucia d’Arquista will test him to his limits. This riveting collection also includes a dark tale of vengeance between two warring clans, a gentlemanly gunman, and two partners who turn murderous…
against each other.

The Ghost Wagon

The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures collects four additional short novels by Max Brand not previously published in book form. These novels represent some of the best of Brand’s western writing. They illustrate the expansiveness of Brand s imagination and the fecundity with which he would vary his themes, examining the human condition from numerous disparate viewpoints. In Max Brand s stories no character is either a hero or a villain, and most are mixtures of both. That is certainly the case in The Ghost Wagon, first published in 1921. Both Lew Carney and Jack Doyle love Mary Hamilton and she has plans of her own. Rodeo Ranch proved one of Brand s most popular short novels the year it first appeared in Western Story Magazine 1923. Slip Liddel 1938 is set during the Depression and centers on a poor man s revenge. It is reminiscent of Brand s own unhappy early years as a farm and ranch laborer. A Matter of Honor was published under the title Jerico s Garrison Finish in 1921. The story has much more to do with Jim Orchard s struggles to distinguish between honor and pride than with mere horse racing. Brand s fiction was frequently amputated by magazine editors seeking to fit it to the page, and his titles were often changed to appear more exciting or appealing. Jon Tuska has returned to the original manuscripts, restoring the full texts and original titles.

Lightning Warrior

A bounty hunter and a powerful white wolf grapple in the icy northwest in this classic western ‘The Tombstone Epitaph’ calls ‘Max Brand at his best’.

The Stone That Shines

WesternWhen Dick Rutherford, known as The Colonel, loses all his money betting on his own thoroughbred racehorse, he asks his fiance to wait for him while he goes West to seek another fortune. The trail for The Colonel and his companion Christy Deever is full of adventure and danger. Along the way, the pair has the good fortune to be adopted by a Mandan Indian tribe. One of their warriors believes he can conjure up thunderstorms by invoking the spirit of a medicine stone. And when The Colonel discovers that The Stone That Shines is a rich vein of quartz gold, he thinks hes found the answer to all his problems. But his problems are just beginning…
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The Fugitive’s Mission

WesternBill Rafferty knows the wherabouts of fifty thousand dollars the loot stolen by him and Charles Cune. But he runs into an obstacle. Larry Day, the man from whom the money was stole, keeps Rafferty a virtual prisoner in Jasperville. In The Strange Ride of Perry Woodstock, a man comes into possession of a coded message regarding the location of a buried treasure. Reata is the story of a man who is apprehended as a pickpocket. He has escaped his captors with the help of a hardened criminal, but when he learns what the man wants in return, his happiness is short lived.

The City in the Sky

Les Tarron was a young man looking for some adventure. Then he met Doran a mysterious loner on a mysterious errand. When Doran is shot and Les takes on the dying man’s job, he’s putting himself straight in the crosshairs of a cold blooded killer. And suddenly he has more excitement than he ever bargained for. On the run and dodging an army of hired gunmen, Les has only one goal in mind: finish his mission and find…
The City in the Sky

In the Hills of Monterey

WesternThe wealthiest landowner in the province of Spanish controlled Alta California has sent away to Spain for a suitable bridegroom for his beautiful daughter, Ortiza Tarabal. Francisco Valdez arrives with his slave, an Englishman known as El Rojo, a courageous man who has made some enemies among the ruling class, but has the devotion of the Indians. El Rojo also has the very dangerous love of Ortiza Tarabal, despite her betrothal to Francisco Valdez and the wrath of her father…
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Seven Faces

Police detective Angus Campbell, a dour and methodical Scottish American policeman, cordially disliked his partner, the ebullient and overweight Irish cop Patrick O Rourke. And the feeling was cordially reciprocated by O Rourke. Both were annoyed but not really concerned about orders to guard the frantic millionaire John Cobb on a late night journey on the New York Chicago train. After locking Cobb in his compartment, they would look forward to the pleasure of antagonizing each other in the club car. That is, until Cobb turned up missing. Whoever was responsible and there were several possibilities among the passengers, including an incomparably strong and handsome man, a breathtakingly beautiful woman, and an improbably villainous stranger had perhaps discounted each detective individually, and perhaps justly so. But what the malefactor could not know was the insight of their superior, Inspector Corrigan: Separate they re not much, but, when they re together, they hate each other so much that they grind one another sharp as razors. Seven Faces originally appeared as six installments in Detective Fiction Weekly during October and November 1936. This edition the first to collect the installments in book form, uncut and as the author intended introduces today’s readers to a most memorable detective duo.

The Lost Valley

WesternIn this exciting trio, Max Brand gives his readers the usual: an exciting mix of adventure, love, and authentic Old West lore. In The Stage to Yellow Creek, lone bandit Cactus Terry fails at his attempt to relieve a pair of passengers of the $160,000 in cash theyre transporting. The Lost Valley tells of Chuck Neilan who buys an emerald ring and searches out its original owner, a woman whose ranch is being ruined by a bandit known as The Wolf. Lastly, a man named Reata is saved from hanging only to be sent on an ominous mission that could easily get him killed…
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The Geraldi Trail

James Geraldi was a legend in the old West. He was a thief alright. But he preyed only on other thieves. Few would recognize him, though many an honest rancher or townsman called him friend. Having squared himself with the law, Geraldi now intends to settle down and get married when a friend from his outlaw days shows up and needs Geraldi’s help. It’s the kind of help that puts Geraldi on the wrong side of the law again, and redeeming himself won’t be easy…

The Survival of Juan Oro

He would never know who his parents were or from where he had come. His name is Spanish, but he’s an American. After being captured in battle, he is apprenticed to outlaw Matias Bordi. Once a master of weapons, he must kill his mentor.

The Masterman

‘Doc’ Oliver, a fugitive, has been trapping on Candy Creek in Alaska for nine years. His only friend is Bob Melville, another fugitive who has been working on a gold claim for five years. An injured man seeks refuge at Doc’s cabin, but he turns out to be the man who framed Melville five years ago.

The Peril Trek

In The Man Who Followed, two foes must postpone their match and join forces against an avalanche. The 12 year old adopted by a conman in The Boy Who Found Christmas confounds stereotypes and the title story concludes the saga of Reata.

The Bright Face of Danger

The saga of James Geraldi, one of Max Brand’s most intriguing characters, continues in this trio of adventures centered on the pursuit of a priceless ancient Egyptian treasure. Dubbed the ‘Frigate Bird’ because of his penchant for stealing from thieves, Geraldi is now approached by one of them for help. Edgar Asprey’s objective is the Golden Horus, fashioned from four perfect emeralds and a large, flawless, yellow diamond, which was smuggled to America by archeologist Robert Ingall. But some international jewel thieves are also on its trail, complicating Asprey’s plans.

Crusader

Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly, lured in by a fight manager who knew he had a devastating punch. So Harry drifted into a life of crime, culminating in the theft of the great stallion, Crusader, a horse that no one but he could ride.

Smoking Guns

James Geraldi, one of Max Brand’s most intriguing and enduring characters, has been dubbed the ‘Frigate Bird’ because of his penchant for stealing from thieves. This duo both continues and concludes the saga of his adventures. Believing that his long standing game against the Naylor clan is ended, Geraldi thinks he can cash in his wealth and jewels and enjoy himself with only a weather eye out for trouble. But he is woefully wrong. Available only in Western 14.

Blue Kingdom

Carrick Dunmore is a capable man on a horse and in the use of a six gun. However, he does have a serious handicap. He is hopelessly lazy and prefers to spend his time drinking, juggling knives, and generally having a good time. So life might have gone on if his friends had not encouraged him to ride a wild bronco in the local rodeo. Carrick rides the wild horse and ends up with the horse, the prize money and his life forever changed.

Trouble’s Messenger

Peter Messenger was made for trouble. He was specially trained in the art of death, even though he’d never killed anyone. But his skills with his hands, a gun, or a knife were undeniable. And there was only one person he planned to use them on: Summer Day, the wily medicine man who had tortured and killed a defenseless white. But to get to the one he seeks, Peter will have to take on the whole Blackfoot nation…
and hope his extraordinary talents are enough to stay alive against the wrath of an entire tribe.

Dogs of the Captain

When the character of Cole Lavery first appeared in the 1940s, readers immediately fell in love with the jack of all trades who had a slow smile and a fast gun. And now, for the first time in paperback, all the Cole Lavery stories have been finally collected in one volume. The action flows seamlessly from one adventure to the next as Cole battles river pirates, a notorious bandit, and an unscrupulous robber baron; as he journeys to California on a wagon train beset by smallpox; and as he strives to attain the land and freedom that can only be found in the American West.

Treasure Well

These three novellas recount the adventures of Tom Fernald, a penniless herder up against an unscrupulous money lender and a hardened bandit.

Acres of Unrest

Injured in an accident at college, Peter Hale can no longer work his father’s ranch, but he has a plan to give the homestead an infusion of cash a plan no one would expect a cripple to pull off.

Outlaws from Afar

The title story of this trio features the beloved Speedy, drawn into danger by two outlaws out for vengeance and with a plan to appeal to his one weakness

The Lightning Warrior

A bounty hunter and a powerful white wolf grapple in the icy northwest in this classic western ‘The Tombstone Epitaph’ calls ‘Max Brand at his best’.

The Golden Cat

John Jones claims that it is his ‘stupid smile’ that keeps him out of trouble. His partner, Dennis Rourke, attracts trouble the way a magnet attracts iron filings. They are hired to escort a group of people to a sequestered hacienda hidden away in the Sierra Negra, an area infested with bandits. The hacienda was the scene of an old murder and has existed under a curse ever since. Ned Palliser, a rich sea captain, his heir, Frances Mornay, her fianc , and her female companion make up the party. Matters become complicated when it becomes evident that everyone in the Palliser party is openly hostile to the old sea captain and want to see him dead. Max Brand is the name by which American author Frederick Faust is best known and loved. Widely acclaimed for his stories and novels in every genre, Faust abandoned his lucrative writing career to serve as a war correspondent with the infantry in Italy. He was killed during a night attack on a hilltop held by the German army.

The Sacking of El Dorado

In his classic novels and short stories, Max Brand brought the adventure, the struggles and the honor of the Old West to life. This volume features some of Brand’s most exciting and acclaimed Western adventures, all presented uncut, as he wrote them, restored from his original typescripts or from their first magazine appearances and all in paperback for the first time.

The Collected Stories of Max Brand

Collects eighteen short stories by Max Brand, a writer of westerns and creator of such memorable characters such as Dr. Kildare and agent Anthony Hamilton, including ‘Above the Law,’ ‘Outcast Breed,’ ‘The Sun Stood Still,’ ‘Interns Can’t Take Money,’ and ‘The Strange Villa.’ UP.

The Black Rider and Other Stories

The Black Rider and Other Stories collects three short novels and one short story by Max Brand originally published in magazines and never reprinted before; they appear here for the first time in book form. At first publication the stories often suffered from editors cuts to make them fit available page space. Editor Jon Tuska has returned to the original manuscripts to restore Brand’s full texts. The stories are set in that land Brand called the mountain desert, a timeless and magical place for him. In addition to mapping a geographic region, these stories show the extent to which Brand was exploring the corridors of the human spirit. The story of Lucia d Arquista s confrontation with her own soul, The Black Rider, originally published in 1925, is set in Spanish California at the time when the eastern colonies of this country were still ruled by Great Britain. The feud between Red Macdonald and the Gregory clan disrupts the quiet town of Sudeth in The Dream of Macdonald 1923. As this short novel progresses, Macdonald s dream increasingly takes possession of his very being. In a few deft pages, Brand takes up the challenge of the most demanding form of fiction in Partners, a 1938 short short story that sketches a murderous relationship between two men. The Power of Prayer, which first appeared in the 1922 Christmas issue of Western Story Magazine, concerns Gerald Kern, a real gentleman who is also a gunman. His tale is not unlike that of the true and imperishable gentleman of darkness from the Book of Job.

Outlaws All

Max Brand is the name by which American author Frederick Faust is best known and loved. His fiction has been proclaimed vital reading for the development of the short story in American literature. Three of his stories appear together in audiobook form: ALEC THE GREAT Set in Alaska during the gold rush days of the 1890s, the background of the bitter enmity that destroyed the once great friendship between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmot is explained. The events preceding the clash of these two titans for possession of a most extraordinary and powerful dog are told by young Joe May in Sixteen in Nome. RIDING INTO PERIL Kantwell Irving Dangerfield, commonly known as the Kid, is thrown in jail on a spurious charge. He makes good his escape and embarks on a life of dangerous adventure. He meets the enchanting Marianne Justis when he is hired to track down a mysterious renegade known as The Phantom. But even should he succeed in his battle with The Phantom, he will still be left outlawed, a wanted man. Outlaws All Listen to the enlightening story unfold of Bull Hunter, a gentle giant of a man who sees so deeply into the human soul, encountering and befriending a mighty wolf dog known as The Ghost.

The Bells of San Carlos

This volume collects some of Max Brand’s greatest novellas and stories, all restored from the author’s original manuscripts, and all appearing as he wrote them in paperback for the first time. Finally, these Western classics, including the famous ‘Cayenne Charlie’, can be enjoyed and treasured in all their original glory! .

Slumber Mountain

Three classic short novels from an undisputed master of Western fiction! ‘The Outlaw Crew’ is the tale of gold fever and survival in a frontier mining town. In ‘The Coward’, a man humiliated in a gunfight finds a fiendishly clever way of exacting revenge. And in ‘Slumber Mountain‘, Brand presents a harrowing story of man versus the wilderness as a trapper fights for his life against a wolf pack and the mighty wolf known as Silver King.

Men Beyond the Law

This Western trio opens with Werewolf, the’s tory of a man fleeing after a gunfight, whose encounter with an ancient Cheyenne in the wilderness changes his course. A ll is lost to him until he completes a spiritual journey. ‘

The Abandoned Outlaw

This work is written by Max Brand. Here are three classic short novels: ‘The gold King Turns His Back’, ‘The Three Crosses’, and ‘The Abandoned Outlaw‘. ‘The Gold King Turns His Back’ tells of young Miriam Standard who is more than capable of running her father’s ranch, but finds she has much to learn about the westerner’s meaning of honor. In ‘The three Crosses’, an ominous prediction leads a cowpuncher to a showdown with a notorious gunfighter. ‘The Abandoned Outlaw‘ finds a young woman caught in the middle of a lifelong rivalry between two men, one of whom is an outlaw.

The Rock of Kiever

Brand practices his art to something like perfection. Here are three of Max Brands classic short novels, all carefully restored from Brands own manuscripts, and collected in paperback for the first time. In Range Jester, Barry Home, once a free spirited cowboy, now an ex convict, returns to the small town of Loomis. His return is scarcely welcome one, least of all by the rancher whose testimony was vital in securing Barrys conviction. Slow Bill is the story of young Jim Legrange, who feels he can never live up to the success of his father, a millionaire rancher. He leaves home for an abandoned gold rush town, where he runs into Jack Rooney. Rooney, an old prospector, has a photograph of Jims father in a place of honor, but he calls the man in the picture Slow Bill and says he was once his partner. And in The Rock of Kiever, the best friend of Texas Ranger Charlie Stayn is killed during a raid. Charlie swears vengeance against the killers and defies the ranger code, heading into the Kiever Mountains to track them down.

More Tales of the Wild West

Three of Brand’s stories, restored from the author’s original typescripts. Above the Law is a Western story which tells of an actress taken prisoner by the notorious bandit Black Jim. One Man Posse is one of five stories written in the ongoing saga of a character known only as Sleeper, a man with a great capacity for personal endurance.

Timber Line

These three stories by master of the genre, Max Brand, have been restored from their original typescripts and are presented here for the first time in book form. Opening the collection is ‘Above the Law, ‘ a story about an actress from the East who finds herself alone and nearly penniless in the lawless West. In ‘One Man Posse, ‘ a man with a reputation for laziness takes on a vicious adversary. The title story tells of Jerney, a man feared by all because of his bloody deeds. An Easterner who has come out West is mistaken for Jerney setting the stage for a case of mistaken identity that’s about to turn deadly.

The Overland Kid

This trio of short novels takes its title from another of the continuing adventures of Reata. Lawman Babe Rourke is known for his skill with fists and firearms, and Angus Carin has called him out to challenge that reputation in ‘The Cabin in the Pine’. Also includes ‘Joe White’s Brand’.

Jokers Extra Wild

Jokers Extra Wild‘ features three western stories by popular western author Max Brand. The stories included are ‘Speedy Deputy’, ‘Satan’s Gun Rider’, and ‘Jokers Extra Wild‘.

Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal

Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with pilots and ground crew of the legendary 212th Marine Fighter Squadron, bestselling author Max Brand brings a pivotal World War II campaign to life in all its grit and glory. Photos throughout.

The Devil’s Coattails

Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan. Only 500 Trade edition copies printed. Illustrated Hardcover with dust jacket; cover/interior art by Vincent Chong. Foreword by S. T. Joshi. A unique anthology: contains original, never before published works by Ramsey Campbell, John Shirley, Jason V Brock, Marc Scott Zicree, Norman Corwin, Gary Braunbeck, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, Earl Hamner, Jenny Brundage, Nancy Kilpatrick, Jerry E. Airth, Sunni K Brock, Richard Christian Matheson, Paul J. Salamoff, Paul G. Bens, Jr., William F. Nolan, Dan O’Bannon, Max Brand, Richard Selzer, James Robert Smith, and Wilum Pugmire/Maryanne K. Snyder. Opaque pages, printed with 100 vegetable inks using windpower; printed and bound in the USA.

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