Bandit's Trail

by Max Brand

Don Sebastian Valdivia and his secretary, Juan Carreno, attend a horse auction at the Garrison Ranch, where an outlaw stallion, Twilight, is held back until last. The only man who can ride this magnificent beast is Charles Dupont, known as The Crisco Kid, who has bonded with the horse since he was a colt.

Genres: Westerns

319 pages, Library Binding

First published May 1, 2013

About the author

Frederick Schiller Faust (see also Frederick Faust), aka Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, Frederick Faust, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Lee Bolt, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Dennis Lawson, M.B., Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver

Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.

Reviews

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Indebted to wealthy Argentinian Don Sebastian Valdevia who saved his horse at auction, Charles Dupont, the Crisco Kid, undertakes a mission for his benefactor to find the daughter of the woman he loved, held by the notorious bandit, El Tigre. Brand would not, of course, get away with calling a character the Crisco Kid these days, but other than that, it's an interesting Western, full of action, revenge, double crosses, strong heroes and evil bandits, and a wonderful horse. The heroes name makes it a hard sell.

[Liam Wilhelm · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got it because it was a western and it had a horse as the cover, the reason for my lower rating is because the horse wasn’t the main star.. I enjoyed the writing and the author definitely is talented with writing, many times i could really feel like I was in the scene with how well it was written, but I feel like it was missing more horse action considering the cover. It is a quasi defector/traitor/very slight romance… I feel like it didn’t really commit to a real trend, it is covering all the bases of western, horses, romance, traitor, bandit, but not actually covering any one of those topics in a real charge , half-hearted of each topic I would say.. the writing gives it 2 stars, the charge of it gives it 0 stars, but it was entertaining so that’s 1 star.

[Larry Holshu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good western, well written.