| The Gauntlet Contributor(s): Brand, Max (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477838813 ISBN-13: 9781477838815 Publisher: Amazon Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE REAL WEST Max Brand's novels and stories--certainly among the greatest in Western fiction--are always peopled with true, realistic characters and marked by a sense of authenticity few other authors could match. Three of the best examples of this are the short novels found in this collection, each painstakingly restored to Brand's original version. The opening novel tells the tale of a legendary friendship between two men who could take on a whole saloon of tough frontiersmen, but who run into trouble with beautiful Kate Malone. "The King of Rats" features the man known as Reata, a master of the rawhide rope, a man caught between his sense of duty and his love for a gypsy girl. And in the title novel, Joseph Larrimee finally makes a gold strike that would prove his worth to his family...but he's willing to give it all up to rescue a mysterious woman from a gang of hardcases. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brand, Max: - Max Brand's action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over two hundred full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides. |