Outlaw's Pursuit: A Western Duo

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Brand practices his art to something like perfection. The New York Times

Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range. Kirkus Reviews

In Dust Storm, Bob Lindsay is stuck in his shack in the Powder Mountains during a huge dust storm. When he finally emerges, he finds his water hole is nothing but a wallow of mud, and two-thirds of his crop has been wiped out. Now the two largest ranches in the area are ready to fight for water. Lindsay stopped the fighting oncecan he do it a second time

Hugo Ames is the outlaw in Outlaws Pursuit with a $15,000 bounty on his head following four years of robberies. Riding in the mountains in a thick fog, Ames needs to find Truck Janvers, an old prospector who can give him refuge for the night. Just when hes about to give up, he finds Janvers hutbut the old man is dying. As Ames tries his best to help, the door is flung open and a man throws a knife at the old prospector, finishing him off. Now, the outlaw will pursue a killer

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westernsbooks about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indiansare a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis LAmour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Brand practices his art to something like perfection. The New York Times

Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range. Kirkus Reviews

One of the most prolific and protean pulp writers of the century. Publishers Weekly

[Brand's] importance as a popular mythmaker . . . is fundamental. Chicago Tribune

A first-rate storyteller. Washington Times
Brand practices his art to something like perfection. The New York Times

Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range. Kirkus Reviews

One of the most prolific and protean pulp writers of the century. Publishers Weekly

[Brand's] importance as a popular mythmaker . . . is fundamental. Chicago Tribune

A first-rate storyteller. Washington Times

Author Bio

Max Brand is the best-known pen name of Frederick Faust, creator of such beloved characters as Destry and Dr. Kildare. Eighty motion pictures and many radio and television programs have been based on his work. Faust went to Italy as a war correspondent during World War II after the United States entered the conflict, and was killed during a night attack on a hilltop village held by the German army. His literary output was so prolific during his life that he averaged three new books per year for seventy-five years, including many years after his death. Brand lived in Hollywood, California.