Max Brand's Best Western Stories

This is a collection of stories and novelettes, set in the great open rangelands and mountains, about men of heroic virtues and abilities and the ruthless enemies who challenged them. In "Outcast," Cameron, a man of mixed blood, fighting to survive the hostility of the time and place, seeks to avenge the death of his benefactor. "The Fear of Morgan the Fearless" is about a gunfighter whose life takes an unexpectedly grim turn. The novelette "Dark Rosaleen" is the story of an anthropomorphic horse, that became the legend of the range. "Cayenne Charlie" is about how a young red-headed firebrand, with an unlikely ally from the East, faces the bullets of his enemies and the cattle stampede. "The Golden Day" is about a modern farmer in California who suddenly becomes a dangerous fighter. ISBN 0-396-07984-9