Way Of The Lawless

When I was a boy, this was the first western I ever read. From then on, I would stroll over to the adventure paperbacks at the library and look for Max Brand. Sure, I like Zane Grey and Louis Lamour, but Max Brand was my guy. Later, I found out that it was a pen name for Frederick Faust and I rememb......more

Published in 1919, this tells the story of Andrew/Andy, raised by his uncle to shoot and ride horses. Andrew is content with living a quiet life in a Western town, until a bully picks a fight. Andy knocks him out, and the guy hits his head on a rock. Andy goes on the run, thinking he's a murderer an......more

Andy just seemed kind of like a mild-mannered Clark Kent. His uncle, who raised him, was disappointed that he never really stood up for himself, even though the uncle put him through rigorous gun slinging exercises and good old fashioned cowboy training for years. Then all of the sudden, Andy finds......more

A good yarn well told. Many Western stories have the good man forced into unfortunate circumstances and then branded as an outlaw. Yet this takes that story and does a lot with it offering plenty of tensions and suspense and an interesting hero. It also had one of most surprising endingst. One hat s......more

A classic western! You will not be disappointed!......more