Max Brand
Donnegan is not proud of his past. But when words ran dry and matters could only be settled with a gun, he never hesitated to make things right. Now fate has led him to The Corner, a wide-open gold-mining town in the valley where two rivers join. An invalid by the name of Colonel Macon wants Donnegan to settle a long-standing land...
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel The Seventh Man. Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. This classic's appeal extends far beyond the core audience for Westerns—give it to a yet-to-be-won-over friend or loved one, and soon they'll be clamoring for
...10) Black Jack
Renowned writer of westerns Max Brand gives the age-old nature-vs.-nurture debate a new spin in Black Jack. The Black Jack of the title is a notorious gunslinger who is shot down in his prime. His young son, Terry, is cared for and reared by a network of family friends. Is the young man doomed to follow in his father's foolhardy footsteps? Read Black Jack to find out.
The attacks of the huge lobo Gray Cloud have caused the remarkable price of $2,500 to be put on his head. And it falls to big Dave Reagan, considered little better than a half-wit in that part of the range, to discover the monster held fast in two of his traps.
Something in the fearless animal's eyes keeps young Dave from killing the wolf. Instead Dave releases Gray Cloud, who is unable to walk, and rescues him from a prairie fire that threatens
...Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range." —Kirkus Reviews
In Dust Storm," Bob Lindsay is stuck in his shack in the Powder Mountains during a huge dust storm. When he finally emerges, he finds his water hole is nothing but a wallow of mud, and two-thirds of his crop has been wiped out. Now the two largest ranches...
13) Valley Thieves
At last, Silvertip faces his bitterest enemy—in a final, deadly showdown!
With his great stallion, Parade, and his ferocious wolf, Frosty, the legendary Silvertip brought many a desperado to justice. Yet the vicious outlaw Barry Christian escaped his grasp, until Silvertip tracked him down to the wild mountains around Blue Water.
To even the score, Christian stole Silvertip's famous animals. Then he lured two of Silvertip's pards to his
..."Your brother left the hotel two weeks ago. We have heard no word from him ...
"Travel in Alkali Valley, as you know, is dangerous. We think you should be informed of his continued absence."
That was the letter that brought Ben Trainor to a godforsaken spot in the desert. And a warning from the sheriff to leave while he still had the chance only deepened the mystery.
But with the help of his good friend Jim Silver—Silvertip—Trainor
...Prologue Books presents: A Western thriller from Max Brand.
In The Man from Mustang, Silvertip hunts a man whose face he's never seen . . . And whose name he doesn't know!
"The explosion of the shot echoed through the saloon. The moment before, a gun had glinted in the night through an open window. Now Buck lay on the floor, fighting for his life, trying to raise himself on one hand trying to breathe. He reached up and caught
...16) Silvertip
Included are:
HARRIGAN (1918)
THE GHOST (1919)
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT (1919)
TRAILIN'! (1919)
THE UNTAMED (1920)
OUT OF THE DARK (1920)
RIDERS OF THE SILENCES (1920)
18) Trailin'!
Grab your hat and horse and hit the dusty trail with prolific Western writer Max Brand. In Trailin', Brand unfurls the tale of Anthony Bard, a well-born fellow who longs for adventure and ultimately finds it in the aftermath of a family tragedy. Bard sets out to capture the outlaw who wronged his kin -- and finds love along the way. A must-read for fans of classic Westerns.