Max Brand

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The Untamed West collects three of the finest short novels by some of the greatest and most influential Western authors of all time: Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey and Max Brand. Brand's brilliant "Black Sheep," restored and corrected, is published here. "Ca on Walls" was first serialized by Zane Grey in three parts in Ladies Home Journal. The version included here was taken from Grey's manuscript and appears exactly as he intended. Louis L'Amour's "Showdown on the Hogback" was rewritten years later as "Showdown at Yellow Butte." Presented here is L'Amour's original version. Finally Western fans are able to read these landmark short novels the way the way the authors themselves wanted them to be read.

In the field of Western fiction, three authors stand unmatched: L'Amour, Grey and Brand. Now three of their best short novels are collected in a single volume. Zane Grey's From Missouri has been restored from the author's own manuscript and is appearing in paperback in its corrected form. Max Brand's Over the Northern Border is a classic tale of stage coach robbery and relentless pursuit, also corrected and restored from the author's original manuscript. Louis L'Amour's Riders of the Dawn debuted in Giant Western magazine in 1951 and appears here in that original version, as L'Amour himself first intended it. Enjoy these three classic tales and experience the Western the way it was meant to be.

Bandit's Honor is a thrilling novel by David Manning that takes readers on an action-packed journey through the Wild West. The story follows the life of a notorious bandit named Jack Bowdre, who has spent years robbing banks and trains with his gang of outlaws. However, when he falls in love with a beautiful woman named Anna, he begins to question his criminal ways and wonders if he can ever leave his past behind. As Jack tries to start a new life with Anna, he quickly discovers that his past is not so easily forgotten. His former gang members are still out there, looking for revenge, and the law is hot on his trail. To make matters worse, a rival gang is also after him, and they will stop at nothing to take him down. As Jack fights to protect Anna and stay alive, he must confront his own demons and decide what kind of man he wants to be. Will he continue down the path of violence and crime, or will he find the courage to turn his life around and become an honorable man? Bandit's Honor is a gripping tale of love, redemption, and the struggle between good and evil. Manning's vivid descriptions of the Wild West landscape and his complex, multi-dimensional characters make this book a must-read for fans of Western fiction and anyone who loves a good adventure. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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.