by Max Brand, Zane Grey, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Jack London, Jack Schaefer · Bdd Promotional Book Co · tapa dura · ISBN 9780792452485
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«Best Western Stories» is an anthology of Western tales by Max Brand, Zane Grey, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Jack London and Jack Schaefer, in hardcover.
The anthology brings together 22 short Western stories by genre authors such as Max Brand, Zane Grey, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Jack London and Jack Schaefer. The stories portray the Wild West: riders crossing desert landscapes at dusk, cowboys and duels, with the harshness and epic quality typical of the Western.
The hardcover edition, 400 pages and in English, was published by Bdd Promotional Book Co in 1990.
For readers of Westerns and adventure fiction: an anthology of short stories by classic genre authors.
Frederick Schiller Faust was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. As Max Brand, he also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare for a series of pulp fiction stories. His Kildare character was subsequently featured over several decades in other media, including a series of American theatrical movies by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a radio series, two television series, and comics. Faust's other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, Peter Dawson, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Henry Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. He also wrote under his real name. As George Challis, Faust wrote the "Tizzo the Firebrand" series for Argosy magazine. The Tizzo saga was a series of historical swashbuckler stories, featuring the titular warrior, set in Renaissance Italy.
