Gunman's Reckoning

Name: Gunman's Reckoning
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Max Brand
ISBN: 9798212536127

Author: Max Brand

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: John D. Rayburn

Published: 03/21/2023

Categories: Fiction, Western, Classic

Synopsis

Frederick Faust (pen name Max Brand) was said to have written in excess of twenty-five million words as he seemed to have a button to push to generate fictional ideas. Of course, it’s known that much of his work was issued under pen names, around twenty of them, a great many of them wild Westerns. This one that features a drifter named Donnegan. He gets off a train and takes on a job with a rich man who doesn’t seem to care much about the difference between rights and wrongs. The story is jam-packed with love, lies (lots of them), action aplenty and some humor added here and there. This book enables you to listen to all of this Max Brand classic Western.

About Max Brand

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, he 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.

About John Rayburn

John Rayburn (1927–2024) was a veteran of over sixty years in broadcasting. He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest share of audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John was a member of the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. He was well suited to bring fascinating stories to life concerning the people, places, and things that combine to present lively observations of our day-to-day lives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on April 01, 2017

A three and a half star Western, March 31, 2017 Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Gunman's Reckoning (Kindle Edition) Typical 1920's Max Brand western with a convoluted romance, not triangle or even quadrangle but a five sided polygon with the usual confusion in this type of novel. B......more

Goodreads review by Thom on January 15, 2013

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was a prolific writer that wrote under a number of pseudonyms. One of these was Max Brand. Faust was to literature as Bach, Haydn and Mozart were to music. The sheer amount of work he produced in his relatively short life is mind boggling. Most of his published w......more

Goodreads review by Su on October 18, 2018

Excellent, Though Not For Everyone I've read some of the reviews. I know that there are some who are so jaded by today's flash and spectacle that they dislike this story. I also know that they are missing out. All the glitz, glamor and special effects tend to hide the fact that the storyline is weak.......more

Goodreads review by Charles on March 31, 2017

Three and half star Western, March 31, 2017 Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Gunman's Reckoning (Kindle Edition) Typical 1920's Max Brand western with a convoluted romance, not triangle or even quadrangle but a five sided polygon with the usual confusion in this type of novel. Boy A......more

Goodreads review by Jon on December 30, 2022

I was long under the impression that Max Brand was a pulp writing active and working today. This is because years ago when I worked in a bookstore, Brand's books still came out about once a month, staying on the shelves about a year before going out of print in favor of some other title. (Our wester......more