Saddlemates: A Western Story

Review "Brand practices his art to something like perfection."-- "New York Times""Brand's West is peopled with characters from mythology grander and much more elegant than average dime-novel heroes."-- "Library Journal""Compelling, unusual, and, even though it first appeared in 1926, fresh."-- "Booklist (starred review) on Comanche""The name Max Brand is synonymous with Western Novels."-- "Booklist""The King of the Pulps could spin almost any kind of tale successfully."-- "Kirkus Reviews, praise for the author" Product Description The mining certificates granting ownership of the Christabel mine that Edward Dugan inherited from his father had a face value of $250,000, but the mine itself had been declared worthless. Still, Henry Christian, the man that had sold them to Dugan's father, said he'd buy them back for $1,500. Penniless, Dugan decided to walk the 3,000 miles from his home in Boston to the mine in the Southwest to check out the offer. But along the way he is meets a travel companion named Red. Red knows Christian by reputation, and by another name: Bonanza Chris, and he knows the only reason Bonanza Chris would buy the mine back is if he had discovered it was far from worthless. He decides not to abandon Dugan to negotiate with Bonanza Chris on his own, but not even Red can imagine how far Bonanza Chris will go to restake his claim on the mine. About the Author Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.