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The Brass Man
- Author
- Max Brand
- Narrator
- Traber Burns
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2018
- Run Time
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Lorrimer Weldon has spent his life being a tumbleweed and rolling where the wind blows him. Up to Canada, down to Mexico, through deserts, forests, and mountains; anywhere fortune could be found. Those travels helped earn him a reputation as a gambler and a gunfighter—a reputation that frequently preceded him.
When Weldon rode into San Trinidad, he found he immediately had two job offers: the outlaw Roger Cunningham wants Weldon to join his smuggling operation as a hired gun, and Dr. Henry Watts wants to hire Weldon’s gun as well, but as muscle to protect a patient dying of consumption, the beautiful Helen O’Mallock.
Weldon finds Watts’ proposition far more attractive, so he accepts the offer, knowing that Cunningham will resent the decision.
Critics Review
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“Brand practices his art to something like perfection.”
New York Times
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“The name Max Brand is synonymous with Western novels.”
Booklist
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“Brand’s West is peopled with characters from mythology grander and much more elegant than average dime-novel heroes.”
Library Journal
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“The Shakespeare of the western range”
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“The King of the Pulps could spin almost any kind of tale successfully.”
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Details
- Author
- Max Brand
- Narrator
- Traber Burns
- Duration
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2018
- ISBN
- 9781470851163
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Adventure fiction: Westerns
Synopsis
Lorrimer Weldon has spent his life being a tumbleweed and rolling where the wind blows him. Up to Canada, down to Mexico, through deserts, forests, and mountains; anywhere fortune could be found. Those travels helped earn him a reputation as a gambler and a gunfighter—a reputation that frequently preceded him.When Weldon rode into San Trinidad, he found he immediately had two job offers: the outlaw Roger Cunningham wants Weldon to join his smuggling operation as a hired gun, and Dr. Henry Watts wants to hire Weldon’s gun as well, but as muscle to protect a patient dying of consumption, the beautiful Helen O’Mallock.Weldon finds Watts’ proposition far more attractive, so he accepts the offer, knowing that Cunningham will resent the decision.
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