Trouble kid

by Max Brand

Fifteen-year-old Chip could work dawn to dusk, hold off a mob, and tame a wild mustang but when he fell in with an outlaw he was headed for man-sized trouble.

361 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1931

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

[J.L. Rallios · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a slow read and hard to get into for the first half, although well written. It's a story of the Old West, of deep friendship, and an even deeper love that spurs one towards change - a story of hardship, suffering, followed by repentance, and ultimately of redemption, which made the story worth the drudgery at the beginning.

[Mitch · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok, so I am not an avid reader of Westerns; however, usually on the rare case when I have picked one up, I've enjoyed it. Especially Westerns from Max Brand have usually ticked my fancy. However, this short novel about a sneaky and thieving young farmhand was quite dissapointing. More talk about doing the work was explained than actual action. To me, if I feel like I'm working then I am probably not going to enjoy the book. PASS!!!!

[Jay Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

Max Brand writes a good western. I love the characters in this book. The formula is different. No boy gets girl in this one. The Kid is a fantastic character and the view is from a saddle tramp. It takes place in Nevada and I never knew it was much more than wasteland.