Max Brand

The Winged Horse: a Western Story Max Brand

Marc Notes: A young man with a bad reputation and many aliases helps a rancher in his battle with a clan of rustlers--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: He was a young man, but someone with a very bad reputation. He was known by many names -- as The Doctor around Denver, in Texas he was known as Montana, and in Idaho he was called Texas. Sometimes he was called The Lonesome Kid, or just The Kid because of his youth. When the sheriff arrests him for vagrancy, he gives his name as Alfred Lamb. Contributor Bio:  Brand, Max Max Brand is the best-known pen name of Frederick Faust, creator of such beloved characters as Destry and Dr. Kildare, among others. Eighty motion pictures and many radio and television programs have been based on his work. Faust went to Italy as a war correspondent during World War II after the United States entered the conflict, and he was killed during a night attack on a hilltop village held by the German army. His literary output was so prolific during his life that he averaged three new books per year for seventy-five years, including many years after his death.