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They said Big Tom Fuller was dumb as a post. They said he couldn’t pour rainwater out of a boot if it had instructions on the heel. They said he couldn’t hold a job if it had handles. But he was strong as an ox and mighty handy with a gun when he had to be.Then he met Oliver Champion—a lone rider in a lawless land. Champion was following a dream, looking for a place he’d never seen. And someone like Big Tom would come in mighty handy in case of trouble. So he hired Fuller for more ...

Max Brand's 'The Mountain Fugitive' weaves a gripping tale of redemption, survival, and the complexities of identity amid the rugged yet picturesque landscape of the American West. Brand's literary style—marked by vivid descriptions and a fast-paced narrative—captures the essence of early 20th-century American adventure fiction, influenced by the conventions of the Western genre. The novel explores themes of justice and moral ambiguity as it follows its protagonists through harrowing chall...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand

When Harry Gloster returns to camp and finds his mining partners murdered, he panics. Unknown in the town of Wickson, Gloster believes he’ll be accused of killing his friends for their share of the gold, so he sets out for Mexico.En route, he chances upon Joan Daniels and begins to fall in love with her. Suddenly, Gloster finds himself surrounded by a posse—he has lingered too long. Now, Harry Gloster must choose fast. Stay and risk hanging—or run and forget the girl!Best r...

A man under thirty needs neighbors and to stop up the current of his life with a long silence is like obstructing a river—eventually the water either sweeps away the dam or rises over it, and the stronger the dam the more destructive is that final rush to freedom. Vic Gregg was on the danger side of thirty and he lived alone in the mountains all that winter. He wanted to marry Betty Neal, but marriage means money, therefore Vic contracted fifteen hundred dollars' worth of mining for the Du...

Silvertip hunts a killer whose face he's never seen ... and whose name he doesn't know!

Peter Blue, One-Gun Man first appeared in the classic pulp magazine, Street & Smith’s Far West Illustrated (June 1927). It centers on Peter Blue, an infamous gunman, and his struggle for redemption.

Young Jim Curry’s father is killed unjustly by an enraged mob, and the boy barely escapes the same fate. He shoots two pursuers and assumes they are dead, and in desperation becomes a most unusual outlaw, the Red Devil. He never kills, takes only ill-gained money, secretly returns it to the rightful owners, and escapes every pursuit on his remarkable horse, Meg.Spoiled Charlie Mark has left home to seek thrills and easy money. He vows to find the Red Devil and discover why he is so...

“It was impossible to tell why one respected this man, but after a time there grew a suspicion of unknown strength in this lone rider, strength like that of a machine which is stopped but only needs a spark of fire to plunge it into irresistible action.”The Untamed is the pioneering novel set in the Wild West by American author Max Brand, as he joined the ranks of the legendary Zane Grey, Owen Wister, and Louis L'Amour.First published in 1919, The Unta...

CONTENTS: Harrigan Riders of the Silences The Untamed The Night Horseman Gunman's Reckoning Ronicky Doone The Seventh Man Alcatraz Black Jack The Rangeland Avenger

He was popularly nicknamed Morg, and it may be understood that strangers were apt to spell the name Morgue; yet his full name, as he signed it on the day of his wedding and never again, before or after, was Morgan Algernon Valentine. Someone discovered that hidden and forbidden signature and once addressed the rancher as Algie, and the result was a violent accident. Yet Morgan Valentine was a peaceful man. He was one of those who accomplish romantic results in an everyday manner. Banish hi...

The Ronicky Doone Trilogy gathers three classic Western adventures centered on a restless, chivalric wanderer whose courage and wit animate the mythic spaces of the American frontier. Blending fast-paced action, romance, moral testing, and the laconic humor of pulp fiction, the collection exemplifies the early twentieth-century Western's movement between popular entertainment and modern legend-making. Its range extends from gunfighter suspense to quests for loyalty, justice, and self-comma...