Max Brand was a pen name used by Frederick Schiller Faust, best known for fast-moving Western stories about gunfighters, outlaws, ranchers and men testing themselves against frontier codes of loyalty and reputation. Novels such as Destry Rides Again, The Untamed and Silvertip use familiar Western situations—false accusation, revenge, pursuit and dangerous reputations—but often give their central characters a more conflicted inner life than the genre's simplest heroes. Brand also created Dr Kildare, showing that his enormous output extended beyond Westerns. His prose is direct, dramatic and plot-led, with duels, pursuit and moral choice driving the action. His work fits classic Westerns, frontier adventure and pulp fiction, particularly for readers moving from Zane Grey towards shorter, harder-edged stories about individual gunmen and shifting loyalties. Read more Less
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