Faust, Frederick (Schiller) 1892-1944

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FAUST, Frederick (Schiller) 1892-1944

(Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Lee Bolt, Max Brand, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, Dennis Lawton, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver, Henry Uriel, Peter Ward)

PERSONAL: Born May 29, 1892, in Seattle, WA; died May 12, 1944, in Italy; son of Gilbert Leander (a lawyer and bank president) and Elizabeth Uriel Faust; married Dorothy Schillig, May 29, 1917; children: Jane, John Frederick, Judith Anne. Education: University of California—Berkeley, denied diploma in 1915.

CAREER: Freelance pulp magazine writer and novelist 1917-38, regular contributor to Western Story Magazine, wrote spy novels, detective mysteries, historical fiction and poetry collections; scriptwriter for MGM, Columbia and Warner Brothers, 1938-44; wartime correspondent in Italy for Harper's, 1944. Military service: Canadian Army, 1915-16 (deserted); United States Army, 1918.

AWARDS, HONORS: Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize, 1914, for poem "One of Cleopatra's Nights."

WRITINGS:

western novels; under pseudonym max brand

The Untamed, Putnam (New York, NY), 1919, published in England as The Trail of the Panther, Corgi (London, England), 1967.

(Coauthor) The Ten-Foot Chain, or Can Love Survive the Shackles?, Reynolds (New York, NY), 1920.

Trailin', Putnam (New York, NY), 1920.

The Night Horseman, Putnam (New York, NY), 1920.

The Seventh Man, Putnam (New York, NY), 1921.

Tiger, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1923.

Alcatraz, Putnam (New York, NY), 1923, published as Alcatraz the Wild Stallion, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1961.

Dan Barry's Daughter, Putnam (New York, NY), 1924, Amereon Ltd., reproduction of 1959 edition, 1976.

Clung, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924, published as Ghost Rider, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1971.

The Guide to Happiness (also see below), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924, republished under pseudonym David Manning as The Trap at Commanche Bend, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

Gun Gentlemen, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

His Third Majesty, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925.

Fire-Brain, Putnam (New York, NY), 1926.

The White Wolf, Putnam (New York, NY), 1926.

Fate's Honeymoon, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926.

Black Jack, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1971.

Harrigan, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1971.

The Stranger at the Gate, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926.

The Blue Jay, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1927.

The Garden of Eden, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1952.

Pride of Tyson, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927.

Western Tommy, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927, republished as The Making of a Gunman, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1983.

Border Guns, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1928.

Pillar Mountain, Vanguard Press (New York, NY), 1928.

Pleasant Jim, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1928, republished as Six-Gun Ambush, Popular Library (New York, NY), 1955.

The Galloping Broncos, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1929.

The Gun Tamer, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1929.

Mistral, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1929.

Destry Rides Again, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1930.

The Outlaw of Buffalo Flat, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1930.

Mystery Ranch, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1930, published in England as Mystery Valley, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1930.

The Happy Valley, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1930.

Smiling Charlie, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1930.

The Jackson Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1932.

Twenty Notches, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1932.

Valley Vultures, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1932.

The False Rider, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1933.

The Longhorn Feud, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1933.

The Outlaw, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1933.

Slow Joe, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1933.

Valley Thieves, Grosset and Dunlap, 1933.

Brothers on the Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1934.

War Party, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1934, published under pseudonym Owen Baxter as Call of the Blood, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1934, published in England as Red Hawk and the White Horse, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1934.

Timbal Gulch Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1934.

Crooked Horn, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1934.

The Rancher's Revenge, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1934.

Hunted Riders, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1935.

Dead Man's Treasure, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1935.

Rustlers of Beacon Creek, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1935.

The Seven of Diamonds, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1935, reprinted as Law of the Gun, Monarch (New York, NY), 1959.

Happy Jack, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1936, republished as Outlaw Rider, Monarch (New York, NY), 1960.

The King Bird Rides, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1936.

South of the Rio Grande, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1936.

The Streak, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1936.

Trouble Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1937, published as Desert Showdown, Popular Library (New York, NY), 1955.

Dead or Alive, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1938, published in England as Lanky for Luck, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1939.

The Iron Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1938, published as Riding the Iron Trail, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1938.

Singing Guns, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1938, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1991.

Fightin' Fool, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1939, published as A Fairly Slick Guy, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1940.

Gunman's Gold, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1939.

Marbleface, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1939.

Danger Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

The Dude, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

Riders of the Plains, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

Cleaned Out, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1940.

The Border Kid, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1941.

The Long Chance, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1941.

Vengeance Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1941.

Silvertip, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

The Man from Mustang, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

Silvertip's Strike, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

The Safety Killer, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1942.

Striking Eagle, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1942.

Silvertip's Roundup, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1943.

Silvertip's Trap, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1943.

The Fighting Four, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1944.

Silvertip's Chase, Blakiston, 1944.

Silvertip's Search, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1945.

The Stolen Stallion ("Silvertip Adventure" series), Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1945.

Mountain Riders, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1946.

Valley of Vanishing Men, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1947.

Hired Guns, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1948.

Flaming Irons, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1948.

Hired Hands, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1948.

The Bandit of the Black Hills, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1949.

Seven Trails, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1949.

Single Jack, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1950.

The Hair Trigger Kid, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1951.

Tragedy Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1951.

Smiling Desperado, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1953.

The Gambler, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1954.

The Invisible Outlaw, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1954.

Outlaw Breed, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1955.

Speedy, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1955.

The Big Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1956.

Trail Partners, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1956.

Blood on the Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1957.

Lucky Larribee, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1957.

The Long Chase, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1960.

The White Cheyenne, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1960.

Mighty Lobo, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1962.

Tamer of the Wild, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1962.

The Stranger, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1963.

Golden Lightning, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1964.

The Guns of Dorking Hollow, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1965, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 2004.

Torture Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1965.

Larramee's Ranch, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1965.

Ride the Wild Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1966.

Rippon Rides Double, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1968.

The Stingaree, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1968.

Thunder Moon, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1969.

Gunman's Reckoning, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1970.

Trouble Kid, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1970.

Ambush at Torture Canyon, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1971.

Cheyenne Gold, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1972.

Drifter's Vengeance, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1972.

The Luck of the Spendthrift, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1972.

The Last Showdown, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1975.

Rawhide Justice, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1975.

Shotgun Law, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1976.

Rider of the High Hills, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1977.

The Reward, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1977, published as Ronicky Doone's Reward, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1995.

Storm on the Range, Hale (London, England), 1979.

Galloping Danger, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1979.

The Man from the Wilderness, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1980.

The Smoking Land, Capra (New York, NY), 1980.

Wild Freedom, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1981.

Bull Hunter, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1981.

The Gentle Desperado: Three Westerns, Capra, 1981.

Thunder Moon's Challenge, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1982.

Thunder Moon Strikes, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1982.

Lawless Land, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1983.

Rogue Mustang, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1984.

Three on the Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1984.

Trouble in Timberline, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1984.

Riders of the Silences, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1986.

Mountain Guns, Hale (London, England), 1987.

One Man Posse, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1987.

The Fastest Draw, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1987.

The Nighthawk Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1987.

Outlaw Crew and Best Bandit, Tor Books (New York, NY), 1991.

Range Jester and Black Thunder, Tor Books (New York, NY), 1991.

Red Bandanna and Carcajou's Trail, Tor Books (New York, NY), 1991.

The Gentle Gunman, Empire Publishing Services, 1993.

The Desert Pilot, Hale (London, England), 1994.

Dust across the Ranger, Hale (London, England), 1994.

Valley of Jewels (also see below), Hale (London, England), 1994.

The Cross Brand, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1994.

The Return of Free Range Lanning, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1994.

Murder Me!, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1995.

Sixteen In Nome: A North-western Story, Thorndike Press (Thorndike, ME), 1995.

The Bells of San Filipo, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1996.

The Lightning Warrior, Five Star Western (Thorndike, ME), 1996.

Thunder Moon and the Sky People, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

Farewell, Thunder Moon, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

Red Wind and Thunder Moon, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

Bull Hunter's Romance, Leisure (New York, NY), 1996, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 2003.

Gun Gentlemen, Leisure (New York, NY), 1996.

The Desert Pilot and Valley of the Jewels, Leisure (New York, NY), 1997.

The Legend of Thunder Moon, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1997.

Crossroads, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), 1997.

The Stone That Shines: A Western Story, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1997.

The Sacking of El Dorado, Leisure (New York, NY), 1997.

The Gauntlet: A Western Trio (contains The Blackness of MacTee, The Kind of Rats, and The Gauntlet [also see below]), Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1998.

Chinook: A North-Western Story, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1998.

In the Hills of Monterey, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1998.

The Lost Valley: A Western Trio (contains The Stage to Yellow Creek, The Whisperer, and The Lost Valley), Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1998.

Seven Faces, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1998.

The Quest for Lee Garrison, Leisure (New York, NY), 1999.

Safety McTee, Leisure (New York, NY), 1999.

The Survival of Juan Oro, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1999.

Soft Metal, Leisure (New York, NY), 2000.

The Rock of Kiever, Leisure (New York, NY), 2000.

Stolen Gold, Leisure (New York, NY), 2001.

The Welding Quirt, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2001.

The Tyrant, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2001.

Don Diablo, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2001.

The Lone Rider, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2002.

Crusader, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2002.

The Runaways, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2003.

Blue Kingdom, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2003.

The Golden Cat, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2004.

Mountain Storms, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2004.

western novels; under pseudonym george owen baxter

Free Range Lanning, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1921, republished under Max Brand pseudonym as Way of the Lawless, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1978.

The Gauntlet, Lloyd, 1922.

Donnegan, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1923.

The Long, Long Trail, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1923.

Train's Trust, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1923, published as Steve Train's Ordeal, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1967.

The Range-Land Avenger, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1924.

The Shadow of Silver Tip, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1925.

Wooden Guns, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1925.

The Whispering Outlaw, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

The Trail to San Triste, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

Tiger Man, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1929.

The Killers, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1931, republished under pseudonym Max Brand as Three on the Trail, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1984.

Red Devil of the Range, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1934, published as Horseback Hellion, Signet (New York, NY), 1950, published as The Man from Savage Creek, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1977.

Brother of the Cheyennes, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1935, published in England as Rusty, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1937.

western novels; under pseudonym david manning

Bill Hunter, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1924.

Bill Hunter's Romance, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1924.

Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1925, published as Gunmen's Feud, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1984.

Jim Curry's Test, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1925, published under pseudonym Max Brand as Gunfighter's Return, Fawcett (London, England), 1954, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1979.

King Charlie's Riders, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1925, published in England under pseudonym George Owen Baxter as King Charlie, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925.

The Brute, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

Blackie and Red, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

The Black Signal, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

Ronicky Doone, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

Ronicky Doone's Treasure, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1926.

Bandit's Honor, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927, republished under pseudonym Max Brand as Six-Gun Country, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1980.

On the Trail of Four, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

The Outlaw Tamer, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

The Mountain Fugitive, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

Western Tommy, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1927.

The Mustang Herder, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1928.

Senor Jingle Bells, Chelsea House (New York, NY), 1928, republished as The Fastest Draw, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1987.

western novels; under pseudonym evan evans

Montana Rides!, Harper (New York, NY), 1933.

Montana Rides Again, Harper (New York, NY), 1934.

The Song of the Whip, Harper (New York, NY), 1936.

The Border Bandit, Harper (New York, NY), 1947.

The Rescue of Broken Arrow, Harper (New York, NY), 1948, republished as The Revenge of Broken Arrow, Jenkins (London, England), 1951.

Gunman's Legacy, Harper (New York, NY), 1949, published in England as Six-Gun Legacy, Jenkins (London, England), 1950.

Smuggler's Trail, Harper (New York, NY), 1949, published as Smoking Gun Trail, Paperback Library (New York, NY), 1951, published as Lone Hand, Bantam (New York, NY), 1951.

Sawdust and Sixguns, Harper (New York, NY), 1951, published under pseudonym Max Brand as The Tenderfoot, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1952, published as Outlaw's Gold, Warner (New York, NY), 1976.

Strange Courage, Harper (New York, NY), 1952, published as Showdown, Paperback Library (New York, NY), 1967.

Outlaw Valley, Harper (New York, NY), 1953.

Outlaw's Code, Harper (New York, NY), 1953.

western novels; under pseudonym frank austin

The Return of the Rancher, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1933.

The Sheriff Rides, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1934, published as Triggerman, Dell (New York, NY), 1952.

King of the Range, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1935.

western novels; under pseudonym peter henry morland

Beyond the Outpost, Putnam (New York, NY), 1925, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1997.

Lost Wolf, Vanguard Press (New York, NY), 1928.

western novels, under pseudonym peter dawson

Dead Man Pass, Thorndike Press (Thorndike, ME), 1994.

Man on the Buckskin, Thorndike Press (Thorndike, ME), 1995.

The Stirrup Boss: The Story of a Hard-Fighting Cowboy, Thorndike Press (New York, NY), 1996.

Dark Riders of Doom: A Western Quintet, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1996.

The Outlaw of Longbow, Thorndike Press (New York, NY), 1996.

Rattlesnake Mesa: A Western Story, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1997.

Ruler of the Range, Thorndike Press (New York, NY), 1997.

adventure novels; under pseudonym walter c. butler

Cross Over Nine, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1935.

The Night Flower, Macaulay (New York, NY), 1936.

adventure novels; under pseudonym max brand

Children of Night, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1923.

Six Golden Angels, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1937.

Calling Dr. Kildare, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

Dr. Kildare Takes Charge, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1941.

Young Dr. Kildare, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

Dr. Kildare's Crisis, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

Dr. Kildare's Trial, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1942.

Dr. Kildare's Search, and Dr. Kildare's Hardest Case, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1943.

The Phantom Spy, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1943.

Big Game, Paperback Library (New York, NY), 1973.

The Granduca, Paperback Library (New York, NY), 1973.

Dead Man's Treasure, White Lion (London, England), 1975.

Battle's End and the Three Crosses, Tor Books (New York, NY), 1990.

Chip Champions a Lady—Forgotten Treasure, Tor Books (New York, NY), 1990.

Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal, Naval Institute Press (Annapolis, MD), 1996.

adventure novels; under pseudonym george challis

The Splendid Rascal, Bobbs Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1926.

Monsieur, Bobbs Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1926.

The Golden Knight, Greystone Press, 1937.

The Naked Blade, Greystone Press, 1938.

The Firebrand, Harper (New York, NY), 1950.

The Bait and the Trap, Harper (New York, NY), 1951.

adventure novels; under pseudonym frederick frost

Secret Agent Number One, Macrae Smith, 1936.

Spy Meets Spy: Featuring Anthony Hamilton, America's Secret Aganet Number One, Macrae Smith, 1937.

The Bamboo Whistle, Macrae Smith, 1937.

historical romance novels; under pseudonym john frederick

Riders of the Silences, H. K. Fly, 1920, published in England as Luck, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926.

The Bronze Collar: A Romance of Spanish California, Putnam (New York, NY), 1925.

The Sword Lover, Waterson, 1927.

short story collections; under pseudonym max brand

Wine on the Desert and Other Stories, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1940.

Max Brand's Best Stories, edited by Robert Easton, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1967.

Max Brand's Best Stories, three volumes, edited by William F. Nolan, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1983–87.

The Collected Stories of Max Brand, edited, with story prefaces by Robert and Jane Easton, introduction by William Bloodworth, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1994.

The One-Way Trail: A Western Trio, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1996.

The Black Rider and Other Stories, edited, and with a foreword and headnotes by Jon Tuska, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1996.

The Wolf Strain: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1996.

The Ghost Wagon, and Other Great Western Adventures, edited, and with a foreword and head-notes by Jon Tuska, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

The Max Brand Companion, edited, and with a foreword and headnotes by Jon Tuska, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

The Bells of San Carlos and Other Stories, edited, and with a foreword and headnotes by Jon Tuska, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1996.

Outlaws All: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1996.

The Abandoned Outlaw: A Western Trio, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1997.

Tales of the Wild West: Western Stories, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1997.

Slumber Mountain: A Western Trio, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1997.

Two Sixes: A Western Trio, Sagebrush (Hampton Falls, NH), 1997.

The Fugitive's Mission: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1997.

Men Beyond the Law: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 1997.

The House of Gold: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2001.

Jokers Extra Wild: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2002.

Stories of the Golden West, Book 3: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2002.

Flaming Fortune: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2003.

Peter Blue: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2003.

Hawks and Eagles: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2004.

Stories of the Golden West, Book 4: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2004.

The Range Finder: A Western Trio, Five Star Western (Unity, ME), 2004.

Smoking Guns, Thorndike Press (Waterville, ME), 2004.

collected poems

The Village Street and Other Poems, Putnam (New York, NY), 1922.

Dionysus in Hades, Blackwell, 1931.

The Thunderer, Derrydale Press, 1933.

(Under pseudonym Max Brand) The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand, edited by John Schoolcraft, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1957.

(Under pseudonym Max Brand) Max Brand's Best Poems: Verses from a Master of Popular Prose—A Centennial Selection, Fithian Press, 1992.

other

Many of Faust's stories originally published under other pseudonyms have been reprinted under the pseudonym Max Brand. Also author of Thirteen Great Modern Stories: A New Anthology, Avon (New York, NY), 1944. Composed music for play The Gate, 1944, written by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab and Julie Chanler. Adapted his writings into screenplays with the following: Young Doctor Kildare, with Harry Ruskin and Willis Goldbeck, 1938; Dr. Kildare's Strange Case, with Harry Ruskin, 1940; Dr. Kildare Goes Home, with Harry Ruskin and Willis Goldbeck, 1940; Dr. Kildare's Crisis, with Harry Ruskin and Willis Goldbeck, 1940; The People vs. Dr. Kildare, with others, 1941; The Desperadoes, with Robert Carson, 1942; and Uncertain Glory, with Laszlo Ladnay and Joe May, 1944. Author of close to three hundred uncollected short stories in various periodicals, including All Story, Western Story, Country Gentleman, Argosy, Dime Western, Star Western, and Mavericks. Also contributor to numerous anthologies, including Gunpoint, edited by Lee Margulies, Pyramid (New York, NY), 1960; The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories, edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House (New York, NY), 1982; Western Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Western Stories, edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg, Morrow (New York, NY), 1984; Westeryear, edited by Edward Gorman, Evans, 1988; and The New Frontier, edited by Joe Lansdale, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1989.

SIDELIGHTS: Frederick Faust was one of America's most prolific writers of popular fiction. Over the course of his career, he wrote an estimated thirty million words and over three hundred novels, working in a number of genres and publishing under various pseudonyms. He is most widely known for the actionpacked westerns he published as Max Brand. In addition to his success as an author, he went on to adapt many of his novels as popular films, with the most famous being Destry Rides Again. Another of Faust's lasting creations is Dr. Kildare, a physician character based on a real-life friend of Faust's. Besides writing several books about the doctor, Faust adapted them into a successful movie series that eventually became a popular television series. He also penned historical romances, detective stories, and spy adventures. Faust earned millions of dollars over the course of his career, but his monetary and popular success reportedly meant little to him. He regarded his fiction as little more than a way to earn a living, and always made time to work on his poetry and other fine writing, even though little of it was ever published.

Born in Seattle and orphaned by the time he was thirteen, Faust endured a childhood of poverty and instability. During his teenage years he worked as a farmhand on a succession of ranches in California's San Joaquin Valley. In his spare time, he read literary classics including Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, the works of William Shakespeare, and Greek and Roman mythology. His knowledge of classical literature can often be discerned even in the simple characterization and storylines he used for his pulp fiction.

With the guidance and financial help of a relative, Faust was able to enter the University of California at Berkeley. He was bookish and studious on one hand, but he had a wild side as well, and was known to indulge in periodic drinking and brawling. He held positions on both the school newspaper and literary magazine, in which he published satirical attacks on university policies. As a result of his conflict with the university administration, he was denied a degree in 1915. Years later, when the university offered the degree at last, he refused to accept it.

Faust settled in New York in 1917 and began writing westerns to support himself, while trying to establish his reputation as a poet. He chose the name "Max Brand" in part because of the unfavorable connotations associated with German names in the World War I era, but also because he wanted to reserve his birth name for publishing his serious literary efforts. He quickly became a huge success in the pulp fiction market. In the early 1920s, he became a regular contributor to Western Story Magazine. In 1926, his financial success allowed him to move to Italy, where he purchased a villa and continued his prodigious output. In 1938, once again plagued by debt, he took up residence in Hollywood, where he rubbed elbows with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Aldous Huxley. He returned to Italy during World War II, when Harper's magazine hired him as a war correspondent. It was in this capacity that he met his death, while reporting on an Allied offensive.

Faust's tales tended to emphasize heroes, adventure, and superhuman feats of strength. Because of this, some critics have dismissed his novels as nothing more than escapist entertainment. Unlike many western writers, Faust did not offer detailed descriptions of the landscape or frontier life. But while some critics see this as evidence of superficiality in his work, others have found that this quality gives Faust's books a ring of universal truth. His first book, The Untamed, is a good example. Its central character is Whistling Dan Barry, "an adult innocent of unknown origins with obvious associations to classical mythology," according to Paul Varner in Dictionary of Literary Biography. "In fact, the title of the chapter that introduces him is 'Pan of the Desert.'" As a child, Dan was discovered by a rancher. He was following a flock of wild geese at the time, and has a mysterious ability to communicate with animals. In times of stress, his eyes take on an unearthly glow that frequently precedes a violent outburst. Harassed by an outlaw band, Barry eventually humiliates his attackers in a way that seems superhuman. The Untamed was such a success that Faust wrote several sequels, including The Night Horseman, The Seventh Man, and Dan Barry's Daughter. "As the first major Max Brand Western, The Untamed shows many characteristics of his later fiction," commented Varner.

Another of Faust's greatest successes is also very typical of his work. Harry Destry, the protagonist of Destry Rides Again, is portrayed as a larger-than-life figure who displays the moral strength of the heroes of classical mythology. In his usual style, Faust featured continuous and hard-hitting action, rather than realistic characters and settings. He liked to set up conflict between two formidable opponents and this conflict generally revolves around two basic themes: the warrior with an Achilles heel and the search for a father. Destry Rides Again incorporates both of these themes. Early in the story Destry is arrogant and mean-spirited, antagonizing the people around him until one of them frames him for a stagecoach robbery. After his release from jail, Destry becomes a father figure to the boy Willie Thornton and gains the humility and compassion essential for a real hero. In Faust's western novels such relationships are common between male characters, who critics observe often function in ways generally reserved for female characters in westerns, providing a supportive and settling influence on the hero. At the same time Faust is noted for underplaying the importance of women and romance in the lives of his protagonists. While Faust called his westerns "old melodramatic junk," critic William A. Bloodworth, Jr., praised these works as "a strangely American kind of proletarian writing, … which moved away from many genteel cultural assumptions and towards different models of psychological fulfillment."

The popularity of Faust's work speaks for itself, but critics are divided over its literary merits. "Many deride it as the perfect example of the depths to which formula Westerns could fall after their great beginning with the work of Owen Wister. Some think Faust degraded the Western, that he distorted the genre and, in fact, is the one writer primarily responsible for discrediting Westerns as serious literature," noted Varner. Pointing out that Faust himself assigned no artistic work to his fiction, Varner nevertheless proposed that Faust "moved the Western away from a slavish dependency on the portrayal of an authentic West…. When placed beside the works of those who claim authenticity, such as L'Amour, Faust's novels seem closer to the large realities of life. They develop the American Western myth to its fullest. Faust's heroes and heroines are larger than life, and they live on a landscape of mythological, not geographic, dimensions; these novels are where they ought to be, in the realm of myth. For that reason, Max Brand novels can appear in new covers endlessly to new readers in new generations."