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Recently, a number of Western stories have been discovered among Max Brand's unpublished works and the first story in this book, The White Streak, is one of them. Its protagonist is twenty-one-year-old Jimmy Babcock, a former football star, but now a worker at the local bank run by William Parker in the town of Dresser, which has changed from cattle country to one made up of oil and alfalfa fields. When Parker fires Jimmy, all Jimmy can think is how...
2) Wooden guns
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Big Jim Conover's reputation as a ruthless gunfighter had driven him away form the Western mountains. Now five years later, he returns as a broken and crippled man. But the injury has transformed Jim from the fighting terror he once was, into an honorable leader of men.
3) Daring Duval
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"Within ten days of stepping out of the woods near the town of Moose Creek, Duval is the most popular man in the district. After all, what's not to like? He is a good listener, generous with his money, a great cook and host, and a hard worker on old Dad Wilbur's place, which he bought for $1,500. He wins the admiration of Sheriff Nat Adare when he quells and befriends the often-wild Charlie Nash and pays for the damages Charlie has caused in the town...
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The tale of a young gambler, a horse, and the bond that will change the both of them forever. Hoping to make a man out of him, Alfred Larribee's father sends his son to live with his cousin's family out West. Alfred is lazy and listless, and spends his early days there drinking, gambling, and doing everything he can to avoid his share of work. Everything changes with the appearance of Sky Blue, a magnificent stallion that seemingly can't be ridden...
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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)
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Lost in the vast plains without a guide, a horseman must brave the elements and the local Cheyenne if he has any hopes of survival!
In Man from the Sky," Paul Torridon and his plainsman guide ride together on their way to Fort Kendry. But one morning the guide has vanished without a trace, and Paul is left with just his faithful steed. Paul knows that his destination will be near impossible to find without a guide, and that's only...
In Man from the Sky," Paul Torridon and his plainsman guide ride together on their way to Fort Kendry. But one morning the guide has vanished without a trace, and Paul is left with just his faithful steed. Paul knows that his destination will be near impossible to find without a guide, and that's only...
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