The Cross Brand

by Max Brand

Branded with the same distinctive cross mark that appears on the forehead of outlaw Hank Sherry, Jack Bristol faces the prospect of being hanged for Sherry's crimes

Genres: Westerns

170 pages, Hardcover

First published August 25, 1922

About the author

Frederick Schiller Faust (see also Frederick Faust), aka Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, Frederick Faust, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Lee Bolt, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Dennis Lawson, M.B., Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver

Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Cross Brand" is a competent pulp western with some interesting features including an unusual plot element which sets it apart from other works in the genre. The characters are the usual types with the exception of the apparent villain who does gain depth. The social commentary also has somewhat more seriousness than is usual in this type of short action novel.

I read a much-used library copy and this book seems difficult to get in e-format but ABE books does offer many cheap paperback versions--often combined with other works by the author.

[Terry Yaceyko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to get into. Unexpected ending.

[Mark Rabideau · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thorooughly enjoyable Western morality tale. Good cowboy stuff, shoot 'em up scenes and all....