The Long, Long Trail

• Two of American author Max Brand’s westerns are bound together in this Kindle book: The Long, Long Trail Bull Hunter

The Long, Long Trail (1922, First published in Western Story Magazine in six parts under the name George Owen Baxter)

This is a story about desperate men and the gun code they live by. Since Jess Dreer avenged his father's murder, he’d been a lone outlaw eluding Sheriff Caswell. But a woman in need of help changes all of that when Jess sets out to find and destroy a hired gunslinger

Bull Hunter

Bull Hunter, a "gentle giant", was ridiculed because of his size but as he grew older he became quick with a gun and partnered with a black stallion named "Diablo". The duo are unstoppable. Brand’s lyrical writing involves the gentle connection between a man and the spirit of a horse.

About The Author

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892 –1944) was a celebrated western author and bestselling writer in the decades following the legendary writers Owen Wister and Zane Grey.

His books were thoughtful and literary, and he used several pen names including Max Brand, George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost.

Faust was born in Seattle but his parents died when he was a child and he was raised in California. He worked as a cowhand on a ranch in the San Joaquin Valley and studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Canadian Army in 1915 at the outbreak of World War I but his service was short lived and he moved to New York City.

Faust married Dorothy Schillig in 1917, and had three children. He settled down to write mainly for magazines. In 1921, he suffered a severe heart attack, and for the rest of his life suffered from chronic heart disease. Many of his stories inspired films. He created the Western character Destry, featured in several cinematic versions of Destry Rides Again, and his character Dr. Kildare was adapted to motion pictures, radio, television, and comic books. He worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter and made a fortune from MGM’s Dr. Kildare adaptations.

During World War II, he was a front line war correspondent, moving with American soldiers in Italy in 1944, Faust was hit by shrapnel and was personally commended for bravery by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Additional books by the same author available through Amazon published by Pearl Necklace Books :

Alcatraz (1922)

This is both a western romance and a story about trust between men and their animals. In this case, the animal is a race horse named Alcatraz which has escaped his master. Unfortunately, a ranch owner believes Alcatraz to be wild and wants him killed. Red Jim Perris is hired to capture and kill Alcatraz, but nothing is as straightforward as it first seems in this riveting book.

Gunman’s Reckoning (1922)

A drifter has the opportunity to right a wrong, but does he know the whole truth? This is a story of love; lies and adventure told in Max Brand’s trademark witty and lyrical style.

The Rangeland Avenger

Fighting, gunplay and mystery abound in this classic western. What starts as a slow read turns into a thriller with a unique twist midway though the book

Ronicky Doone

A stranger rides into town on a cloud of dust. He needs directions and soon makes his way eastward. This is a far from typical western although it is an old fashioned tale of love and adventure.

Ronicky Doone’s Treasure

Ronicky Doone overhears Jack Moon's gang plotting the murder of ex-member Hugh Dawn.