Max Brand
41) Mountain made
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2014
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Winsor Glanvil pays court to Louise Carney, heiress to a fortune, and she agrees to marry him. The marriage is opposed by big Jack Rutledge, a jealous rival and formidable foe, so Glanvil and Louise plan to be married in a sequestered valley by a local clergyman. Rutledge and his supporters, learning of the plan, arrive in the valley ahead of the two and seize Glanvil .
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Outlaw Lawrence Grey is a notorious outlaw who has been captured in El Paso. Marshal Neilan has a proposal for Grey: Neilan will set Grey free from prison provided he attempts to locate John Ray. When last heard from' Ray was living in San Vicente' Mexico. But all the men previously sent by Neilan have either quit the job - or disappeared. Grey agrees to Neilans proposal' unaware of the intrigue and danger ahead.
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From its opening ini Virginia before the Civil War to the distant prairies of the far west, this epic follows the journeys of young Lew Dorset as he searches for his father, an escaped convict. His skill with firearms gets him a job as a hunter with a trader's freight train heading onto the prairies to barter with the Indians. There he meets young Chuck Morris, and together they take on a Cheyenne attack party. Finding shelter in a Sioux village,...
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2008
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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 once…can he do it a second time?
Hugo Ames is the outlaw in "Outlaw's Pursuit" with a $15,000 bounty on his head following...
45) Vengeance trail
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1999
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Johnnie Tanner didn't know anything about life on the trail, but learned fast and then declared war on the Pawnee nation.
46) Black Jack
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c1984, c1922
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After an outlaw is killed, his baby son is adopted by his lover. What will become of this boy? Brand keeps the reader in suspense as this classic tale of good versus evil, in the same person, unfolds.
47) Train's trust
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2013.
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Longtime thief and card sharp Steven Train is sought out by another crook, John Rainier, with a proposal. Rainier saved rich rancher Patrick Comstock from serious injury and was rewarded with a job. Now Comstock is looking for an honest man adept with firearms for a special mission. Years ago, Comstock unintentionally benefited from bad financial advice he gave to a friend, and wants to find him to pay it back.
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Ronicky Doone novels volume 3
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I figure a gent gets his reward when he sees other people happy. As long as I can help other people to their happiness, I don't require no other reward.'
49) Bandit's trail
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Don Sebastian Valdivia and his secretary, Juan Carreno, attend a horse auction at the Garrison Ranch, where an outlaw stallion, Twilight, is held back until last. The only man who can ride this magnificent beast is Charles Dupont, known as The Crisco Kid, who has bonded with the horse since he was a colt. Because gunman Bud Carew despises The Kid, he desperately wants to possess Twilight. Those attending the auction know that no matter which one wins...
50) Alcatraz
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c1923
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A horse who had been bred to race escapes his masters home and gets used to freedom, but at a terrible price. Can he survive those who are trying to hunt him down? Nothing proves straightforward as the hunt closes in.
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2012.
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Sent by his father to live with family in the West, Alfred Larribee is lazy and shiftless, spending most of his time in town drinking, gambling and cheating at cards. But that all changes with the appearance of Sky Blue, a magnificent stallion that has never been ridden. His owner hopes to find a cowboy who can ride Sky Blue, but the first one to try is seriously injured. After that, no one is willing to volunteer again ... except Larribee.
53) Wild freedom
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c1981
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John Themis, a man with money and patience, pursues a notorious marauder.
54) The Stingaree
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c2007
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When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, he seemed to be a shiftless, easygoing tramp. But he didn't fool Stanley Parker. He'd gunned down the notorious Bob Dillman. He'd known that one day Dillman's outlaw partner would appear to avenge death. The Stingaree was fast on the draw and deadly as a snake. Parker knew he'd have to draw first or die! Here are the perils of hired guns and wilderness traps and a bitter conflict with his own code of honor....
55) Murder me!
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1995
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Max Brand is generally regarded as the author of superior westerns like his “Destry Rides Again", but Brand also wrote the “Dr. Kildare" series and numerous detective stories as well. Never before published in book form, this 1937 police procedural by veteran Brand introduces New York police detectives Campbell and O'Rourke. The pair investigate the apparent suicide of a philanthropist David Barry who was about to be accused of bribery and corruption...
57) Silvertip
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"Silvertip" by Max Brand is the fourth novel in the "Silver Tip" series. Silvertip killed someone. Usually not something he would get all bent out of shape about, but this just happened to be a kid wearing the cape of the man Silvertip meant to kill. The man he meant to kill, named Bandini, set the teenager and in effect Silvertip up. Silvertip only feels bad that it was not Bandini bleeding out, but instead a much more innocent child. He decides...
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This is the original collection of three short novels by Max Brand that have never been published in book form before. The One-Way Trail finds two men meeting on a trail in the mountains. The trail is so narrow that neither man's horse can be turned around or aside or go backwards, so the two men must determine whish is to be pushed aside to certain death. The Fotgotten treasure shows what can happen when an ancient Kentucky feid is moved to the open...
59) Crusader
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Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly. It was a girl who attracted him. But Sparrow Roberts, a fight manager, used this romantic lure only to attract Harry into his own sphere because he knew that Camden had a truly devastating punch. Yet, fighting wasn't what Harry really wanted, nor was he fascinated by any of the blandishments of civilization. He did not want to be a champion boxer and drifted into a life of drunkenness and crime,...
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2015.
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"Doc Willis, despite the nickname, is just an unemployed cowboy in The Valley of Jewels. Daggett Valley holds many secrets from the past, including a now deserted mining camp. It is there that Buck Logan lures Willis with the promise of great riches to be gained. What Doc doesn't even suspect is that he is to play a part in a most subtle feat of deception in which an old man, William Daggett, will be conned into believing that he is reliving his...