Stagecoach, Max Brand
Stagecoach, Max Brand
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Stagecoach

Author: Max Brand

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2015

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Unlikely hero Sammy Gregg has never met a challenge he won’t face head on, but he hasn’t met outlaw Chester Furness!Born in Brooklyn, Sammy Gregg is small in stature and naive to the ways of the world, yet headstrong and resolute to save enough money to marry Susie Mitchell. Gregg calculates that he needs $15‚000 and figures he can earn enough in six months out west. Although he is a small man who knows nothing of fighting‚ guns‚ or horses‚ he takes his $5‚000 in savings and heads west‚ arriving in Munson‚ a tough, lawless town.With his unwavering determination, Gregg finds a few good-paying jobs, but every time he runs up against Chester Furness, a fellow newcomer to Munson. But unlike Gregg, Furness runs a gang that steals horses, robs stagecoaches, and makes life hard for Sammy Gregg.To make good on his word and return to New York with enough savings to start a new life with Susie‚ Gregg will have to face off against Furness, put an end to his raids, and rid Munson of his gang of outlaws for good. But some things are easier said than done....

About Max Brand

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Edward on May 17, 2014

i believe this classic Western was made into "that" movie with John Wayne, yet the heroes are bgger than life in ways Wayne could never envisioned himself in any movie, and that's what us Brandians wanna hear! Sammy Gregg is a former New Yorker trying his luck out West hoping to make enough in 6 mon......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 10, 2021

I was surprised about how good this book was! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++......more

Goodreads review by Backoff51 on August 06, 2017

My first Brand. Lots of fun.......more

Goodreads review by Eddie on February 01, 2025

If you're looking for a classic Western adventure with depth and heart, "Stagecoach" by Max Brand is well worth a read.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on September 07, 2021

First published in this form in 2013, 'Stagecoach' is a fix-up of three connected novellas originally published in two parts each in six successive weekly issues of 'Western Story Magazine' over the course of October and November of 1925. The three novellas were entitled 'Sammy Gregg's Mustang Herd'......more