Sun and Sand: A Western Trio

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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 The Flaming Rider, large groups of Blackfeet, Cheyennes, and Crows, ordinarily hostile to each other, are camped around the newly built Fort Meany, having come to trade with factor Henry Meany. The members of these tribes love most of all to gamble, and what better way than betting on a horse race Then, one race incites open hostility toward the factor and threatens the very existence of the fort.

Barney Dwyer in Outlaw Buster is a gentle giant who has yet to find a place in the world. Capturing two notorious outlaws has made a hero of him, so much so that rancher Robert Parmelee offers him a job on his ranch to put a stop to persistent rustling. Taking the job promises an income sufficient for Barney to marry his sweetheart. But this promise for the future falls into jeopardy when the outlaws escape, determined to kill Barney.

Sun and Sand is the story of a youth known only as Jigger. It is his misfortune to buy a key chain from a pawnbroker that has on it a key to a post office box. In that box, Jigger finds a map to a notorious outlaws cache, buried in a fierce desert region; however, Jigger is not the only one seeking this treasure

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.