Hunted Riders

by Max Brand

Book by Max brand

Paperback

First published June 1, 1991

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

[Alonzo Church · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a Max Brand book, so it’s no surprise this is a tale of mismatched lovers, who happen to both be male, and really, not romantically interested in each other. Also, as typical in Brand’s stuff, the initial premise, a rich man’s son who resolves to be a bandit because he hears he’s really a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, is just simply nuts.

The writing is vigorous, the second half of the book is suspenseful in the best pulp tradition. Like a lot of B movie westerns, it is set in the (then) current day, even though the train robberies, posses, and rampant horse thievery mostly crowd out references to Hollywood and airplanes. If you like a Ken Maynard western, you’ll probably like this. But it’s hard to manage the required suspension of disbelief in this one, because of the truly bogus premise, and for that reason, it’s for Brand enthusiasts only.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

A man questions his paternity which leads to adventures with his new found ¨brother.¨ Another man joins up with plans to rob a train. Thatś when the story really picks up. The postscript is at least 6 months later.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

odd, simple but not boring

[David Harvey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful read

Another masterpiece for the Max Brand fan not to be missed.A great western with a super and novel ending as you would expect