Max Brand: Western Giant: The Life and Times of Frederick Schiller Faust

by William F. Nolan

Book Overview

Called the King of the Pulps, Frederick Schiller Faust, aka Max Brand, wrote nearly 400 Westerns from The Untamed to Destry Rides Again-a total of more than 220 books in this genre. Yet Max Brand also created Dr. Kildare (of books, films, and television) and wrote under twenty-one pseudonyms, in another dozen genres. This book removes the mask, with deeply personal memoirs from family, friends and fellow writers, taking us through his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879722916
• ISBN13: 9780879722913
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"