Longtime friends, Sheriff Harry Ganton and Jack Bristol, find themselves on different sides when Harry is mistakenly shot during an argument. Thinking he has killed his friend, Jack flees town, only to run into two mysterious strangers. Why does one have a cross brand on his forehead? And then there's the matter of Jack's appointment with the hangman's noose in his future....

This Wild West short story, originally entitled "Bulldog," is a change-of-pace western about a man and his dog, Blondy. A terrific find for Max Brand and western fans.

The Max Brand Megapack assembles 20 classic Max Brand tales—novels and short stories—set primarily in the American West. For pure Old West adventure, it doesn't get better than this -- more than 3,300 pages of action-packed reading!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)THE SEVENTH MAN (1921)WAY OF T...

"Blondy" is a 1924 short story originally published in Colliers -- a change of pace for Max Brand, as its western hero is paired with a dog.“No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. He sold all his stories and sometimes wrote complete issues of Western Story Magazine.” -- The Incredible Pulps

The charge was murder -- and now Tom Holden had big trouble on his hands. First, he'd held off the town bully, big Crogan, and his men single-handedly. Then he announced he would marry Alexa Larrame, beautiful blue-eyed daughter of the wealthiest rancher around -- even though he'd never even met her!But now he had a lot more than just a rash promise to live up to. He was being accused of murder in a town where the strong make the laws -- and enforce them with bullets!“No pu...

One of a series of pulp Western novels by Max Brand featuring Silvertip, a heroic lone rider who metes out justice to various wrong-doers he runs across in his travels.“No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. He sold all his stories and sometimes wrote complete issues of Western Story Magazine.” -- The Incredible Pulps

Les Tarron was just a boy when five strangers rode into his life and changed it forever. Years later -- jailed, hunted and betrayed -- Les felt the hatred burning inside him like a fever and set out to even the score...“No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. He sold all his stories and sometimes wrote complete issues of Western Story Magazine.” -- The Incredible Pulps