Brand, Max 1892-1944

Overview

Works:	1,420 works in 8,462 publications in 6 languages and 210,162 library holdings
Genres:	Western fiction Fiction Western films Film adaptations Drama Comedy films Short stories Action and adventure fiction Adventure stories History
Roles:	Author, Creator, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of screenplay
Classifications:	PS3511.A87, 813.52

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Max Brand

Max Brand : the big westerner by Robert Easton( Book )
Max Brand by William A Bloodworth( Book )
Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America : from high noon to midnight by Cynthia S Hamilton( Book )
Back roads to far places by Lawrence Ferlinghetti( Book )
Max Brand, western giant : the life and times of Frederick Schiller Faust( Book )

Western American literature : a bibliography of interpretive books and articles by Richard W Etulain( Book )
The Max Brand companion by Jon Tuska( Book )
Destry rides again by George Marshall( Visual )
Half-light and overtones by H. W Faust( Book )
Max Brand, the man & his work : critical appreciations and bibliography by Darrell C Richardson( Book )
"Verfolgung und Wiederentdeckung" : Protokolle der Gesprächskonzerte des Vereins "Musica Reanimata" über die Komponisten Max Brand, Alfred Goodman, Józef Koffler und die Komponistin Ursula Mamlok( Book )
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The nifty fifties( Visual )
Verspielte Ehre by Max Brand( Book )
The history of a hero : a study of Max Brand's Destry rides again by David L Fox( )
Männer ohne Furcht by Frederick Schiller Faust( Book )
Unforgettable Frederick Faust by Robert Easton( Book )
James L. Henry materials pertaining to Max Brand and western pulp fiction by James L Henry( )
Max Brand stories by Max Brand( )
Frederick Schiller Faust papers by Frederick Schiller Faust( )

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Most widely held works by Max Brand

The seventh man by Max Brand( )

66 editions published between 1921 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Whistlin' Dan Barry lives a peaceful life with his wife and daughter. He is a fearless, silent, mysterious man cursed with a deadly temper when roused to anger

Destry rides again by Max Brand( Book )

67 editions published between 1930 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,479 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After serving a six year prison term because of the betrayal of a friend, Harrison Destry decides to hunt down the twelve jurors who framed and then convicted him

Riders of the silences by Max Brand( Book )

50 editions published between 1919 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pierre le Rouge rides from the far north to face down his father's killer, but he is taken up by Jim Boone, Boone's wild young daughter, and their outlaw gang and vengeance is delayed

The Double Rider : a Western Story by Max Brand( Book )

30 editions published between 1930 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hired to impersonate a man who wants to know why he has been summoned to the family home of a person he was accused of killing years earlier, Ned Rippon befriends a family member and struggles to discover whether his targets or his employer are trustworthy

The lightning warrior : a western story by Max Brand( Book )

27 editions published between 1996 and 2013 in English and held by 1,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A red-haired blue-eyed giant called Cobalt" sets out to capture "the unblemished pelt of the Lightning Warrior as a betrothal gift" for Sylvia Baird, but instead he returns with the wolf itself, tamed.--Cover

Gunman's goal : a western story by Max Brand( Book )

51 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Legendary outlaw James Geraldi finds refuge in the home of a young woman who begs him for help in finding her father, a fugitive falsely accused of murder

Sixteen in Nome : a north-western story by Max Brand( Book )

23 editions published between 1930 and 2017 in English and held by 1,245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An earlier version of this novel appeared in installments in Western story magazine

The untamed by Max Brand( Book )

78 editions published between 1919 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Whistling Dan finds himself locked in a struggle with the outlaw Jim Silent and with Kate Cumberland, the woman who seeks to tame him with her love

The stone that shines : a western story by Max Brand( Book )

17 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and held by 1,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Dick Rutherford loses all his money in a horse race, he asks his fiancee to wait for him while he heads into the Far West to seek his fortune

Bull Hunter by Max Brand( Book )

53 editions published between 1921 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner -- that was Bull Hunter. No sensible soul west of the Pecos would have dared run afoul of the mighty frontiersman. But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Then the two men crossed paths, and townsfolk from Cheyenne to San Antonio braced for a battle that would end up with either a couple of gut-shot gunslingers -- or a pair of living legends

Mountain guns by Max Brand( Book )

10 editions published between 1958 and 1987 in English and held by 1,108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A stranger from the East came to the trading post deep in the wilderness looking for the man he must kill. What he found was trouble

The rangeland avenger by Max Brand( Book )

29 editions published between 1922 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While Riley Sinclair relentlessly pursues the men who abandoned his injured younger brother, leaving him to die in the desert, one of the pursued commits suicide and another saves Sinclair from a lynching party

In the hills of Monterey : a western story by Max Brand( Book )

27 editions published between 1924 and 2013 in English and held by 1,045 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Francisco Valdez arrives in Spanish California to marry Ortiza Tarabal, but she falls in love with his slave, El Rojo

Trouble in Timberline by Max Brand( Book )

17 editions published between 1961 and 2006 in English and held by 1,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Barney Dwyer was a powerful and good-natured young cowpuncher. Unfortunately, his hands were so strong that he broke almost every farm tool he touched. Finally his hot-tempered ranch-owning boss, Dan Peary, lost his patience and fired him, paying Barney off with a mustang so wild that even professional horsebreakers couldn't ride it. Barney was told to collect the remaining few dollars of his wages from Peary's son, Len, who had joined a tough gang of gunslingers in the mountain town of Timberline. Almost from the first hour, Barney made enemies in Timberline. Soon, violent confrontations send Barney on a long bloody trail, pursued by a trigger-happy pack of enemies

The city in the sky by Max Brand( Book )

25 editions published between 1927 and 2009 in English and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Les Tarron, a young man looking for adventure, meets Doran, a loner on a mysterious errand, Les takes on Doran's job when Doran is shot and puts himself in the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer

The stingaree by Max Brand( Book )

26 editions published between 1930 and 2017 in English and held by 1,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, his one friend there was the boy Jimmy Green. Most people thought Joe was just an easygoing tramp who would do anything to avoid a fight. Stanley Parker, however, suspected that the stranger was more dangerous than he pretended to be. Ever since Parker had won fame and fortune by gunning down the notorious Bob Dillman, he had been expecting the outlaw's partner, the deadly Stingaree. And Parker knew he would have to kill the Stingaree - if he could!

The survival of Juan Oro by Max Brand( Book )

22 editions published between 1925 and 2013 in English and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Juan Oro, a young American brought up by Indians, is captured in battle by a Spanish lord. He is sent to apprentice with a famous gunslinger with instructions to learn the trade, then kill him. But during training a bond forms between pupil and teacher. A 1925 magazine serial, now published in book form

The gauntlet : a western trio by Max Brand( Book )

16 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in English and held by 981 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In The blackness of MacTee, Kate Malone nearly breaks up the duo of Red Harrigan and Black MacTee when she admits that she loves one more than the other. In The king of rats, Reata returns with his rawhide rope. In The gauntlet, Joseph Stillwater Larrimee has to choose between making the claim on the gold he's found and searching for the mysterious lady who is surrounded by a gang of toughs

Beyond the outposts by Max Brand( Book )

26 editions published between 1997 and 2016 in English and held by 974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young Lew Dorset is a runaway from his uncle's tyranny following his father's daring prison break. He heads to the Far West because that is where his father has gone to lose his identity. After their freight train is attacked by Cheyenne Indians, Lew and his new friend, Chuck Morns, spring an ambush on the marauders and are pursued until they find shelter in a Sioux Village. It is here that Lew comes to know the great Sioux chieftains, Standing Bear and Three Buck Elk, saves the life and becomes a blood brother to Sitting Wolf. Once he does find his father, their confrontation is harrowing

The black signal by Max Brand( Book )

14 editions published between 1925 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Handsome, reckless Lew Melody, gunfighter and gambler, falls in love with the belle of the range, Sandy Furnival, but his marriage plans are wrecked when he guns down a hired killer

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