Rider of the High Hills

by Max Brand, Frederick Schiller Faust

Book by Brand, Max, Faust, Frederick Schiller

Genres: Westerns

442 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

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

[Rich · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently realized that I haven't read a western in years. I looked through some forums on goodreads and figured I would give a few a try since I read almost every genre.

I went to the local used book store and picked up 1 each Max Brand, Louis Lamour and Zane Grey as those were the authors I could remember in the genre. I thought I would give each a try.

The first I chose randomly was the Max Brand novel, Rider of the High Hill. While I wasn't surprised by anything in the book, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

The protagonist, Reata, is a very likeable hero who is easy to pull for. In the typical "Robin Hood" way he has some bad mixed with his good and is quite the lady's man to boot. The action was fun and fast paced and Louis Lamour and Zane Grey will have a tough act to follow.