Max Brand

Above the Law Max Brand

In his first western tale, "Above the Law" ... Max Brand, villain, the bandit Black Jim, has the books of Scott, Shakespeare, Poe, Byron, Malory at his bunk. Poetic passages are found in practically every Max story. These unexpected-and to action-addicts maybe unwelcome-interludes are Faust's invitation to "walk a long distance into the minds of one another" as he states in Evan Evans' Montana Rides! where his triumphant hero proclaims, "I feel as if I owned the whole green world." Max Brand, was the pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust. He was a prolific American author best known for his classic western novels. Brand also created the famous character Dr. Kildare which became the basis of many films and television shows.