Frontier feud

by Max Brand

"Major Arthur Marston had marked Rusty Sabin as his enemy. The red-haired white leader of the Cheyennes owned White Horse, the great stallion, and he had won the love of Maisry Lester. The prettiest girl and the swiftest horse on the plains---these the Major thought should belong to him, not to Rusty, the man the Indians called Red Hawk. Then Rusty forced him to release a prisoner who had once saved Rusty's life. Enraged by this humiliation, Marston led his troops out across the prairie, determined to destroy his enemy."

378 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

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

[Mike Grady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast paced story about how the intertwined souls of two disreputable men come to different ends - redemption or dishonor?

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a book! I defy anyone to start this book and outline where the characters might go and how it ends. It's ever reason one reads a book. Superior story telling, character development and overall writing. I'm not a fan of westerns, so I'm not writing through that prism. I've been trying a few western writers this year and thought I'd try out Max Brand. What I discovered is one of the few best books I've read in the past few years.