Bells Of San Carlos And Other Stories; Author: Brand, Max; Introduction: Tuska, Jon; Paperback

Author: Brand, Max; Introduction: Tuska, Jon
Paperback
206 pages
Published: May 2000
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080326173X

This volume of Max Brand's short fiction is chock full of the fast paced, deftly plotted stories that made Brand famous. Cayenne Charlie tells the story of Charlie Bird, a redheaded cowpoke so accustomed to trouble he treats jail like a hotel. The Bells of San Carlos introduces Fray Luis, a most formidable member of the clergy. The novella Between One and Three is part Western, part mystery, a story of counterfeiters who elude detection. The Gift introduces Happy Jack, one of Brand's most fascinating characters. Happy Jack is on the trail of Sandy Crisp, whose crimes includeshooting one of Jack's friends.The Bells of San Carlos and Other Stories offers stories and novellas long out of print or never printed in their entirety. At first publication, the stories often suMax Brand was the favourite pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), whose novels have been reprinted again and again.This volume of short fiction is full of deftly plotted stories. The Bells of San Carlos introduces Fray Luis, a most formidable member of the clergy. Another tale, Cayenne Charlie, tells the story of Charlie Bird, a redheaded cowpoke so accustomed to trouble he treats jail like a hotel.