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The fifty empty freights danced and rolled and rattled on the rough roadbed and filled Jericho Pass with thunder, the big engine was laboring and grunting at the grade, but five cars back the noise of the locomotive was lost. Yet there is a way to talk above the noise of a freight train just as there is a way to whistle into the teeth of a stiff wind. This freight-car talk is pitched just above the ordinary tone-it is an overtone of conversation,...
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"Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Brender, Judge Brender's missing son - the same Rap Brender who had joined guns with Silver's oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Brender, they shared a common enemy - ever since Brender's partner tried to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to kill - for Silver's honor and his life!"--
3) The untamed
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The Untamed, Max Brand's first foray into Westerns, is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the writer's most successful efforts. Combining an unforgettable main character with a story packed with action, conflict, and revenge, The Untamed is a classic of the genre that will captivate any reader.
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It might be said that both Jim Currys were the victims of fate. Jim Curry the elder had an unsavory reputation, but he only got into bad trouble when, demonstrating a slick piece of gun play to Dad Jackson, he accidentally killed him. Wanting to do the right thing, Jim Curry the elder rode into town to explain what happened to Sheriff Mason, and though the sheriff accepted his explanation, he insisted Jim be locked up to await trial. Then the real...
5) Tenderfoot
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Versatility was a key talent of author Frederick Faust using the pseudonym Max Brand. Two of his top selling western novels, The Untamed and Bull Hunter, are Blackstone audiobooks narrated by John Rayburn. This story is part of this prodigious output, a tale of a hapless youth seemingly with no talents or work ability. He fell into bad hands and was captured, accused of murder, and scheduled for execution. A pardon led to freedom and a happy ending....
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When he first arrived in the town of Lister, no one knew anything about him except that he didn't speak ... that he was probably a deaf mute. No one knew what to call him, so they called him Shannon. He bought supplies and ventured into a secluded valley and made enough money to take care of himself by selling pelts in town. Then one day Shannon came upon a horse that had been abused and was near death. He had a way with animals, and with patience...
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A no-good thief takes on a job with a huge payout that he can't possibly resist! Steven Train is a thief who knows a thing or two about how to handle a firearm. One day he's approached by another crook named John Rainier to go on a manhunt. Train is wary at first, but when Rainier tells him there's a huge payout, he decides to take on the job. Rainier works for Patrick Comstock, a rich rancher looking for an honest man to go on a dangerous mission...
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"Sammy Gregg heads west where fortunes are made with the goal of raising $15,000 in six months and returning to marry his childhood sweetheart. With frail physique and knowing nothing of fighting, guns, or horses, he sees an opportunity in the tough town of Munson, but it means going up against the toughest man in town"--
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