Hawks and Eagles

by Max Brand

Hawks and Eagles is the author's classic. The brand is a great storyteller who shows his enthusiasm for humans and animals, such characters as a professor, a small dog, and Mole. Joe Good, the protagonist, he's twenty years old. His father was killed by the richest man in the city, because he wants a good ranch not to be. A good, lazy, prickly guy who lacks a sense of respect and respect for everyone in the city. The only thing he can do is to handle a whip with such skill that he becomes almost alive. This story is also a story of the growth of kindness to become the most respected person in his community.

Genres: Westerns

98 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2004

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

[Yosef Shapiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a linked series of short stories featuring “black snake” Joe Good.

[John C. Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never fail to enjoy Max Brand,he’s a classic!

[Mark Linney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Book

[Peter Pactor]

Max Brand is one of my favorite western authors, and "Hawks and Eagles" is classic Brand. Not only is Brand a great storyteller,who demonstrates his enthusiasm for people and animals. This book is Brand at his best. The story is engaging, his characters are well-developed, and he has two well-developed animal characters: Professor, a small dog, and Molly his horse.

Joe Good, the protagonist, is twenty. His father has been murdered by the wealthiest man in town, because he wants Good's worthless ranch. Good is supported in his quest for justice by a black yegg and his wife. He also finds a friend in the town's miser.

Good begins as "No" Good, a lazy, raggedy loafer, who lacks self-respect and the respect of everyone in town. The only thing he can do is handle a whip with such mastery that it becomes almost a living thing. This tale is also the story of Good's growth to become the most respected man in his community.

This book consists of three connected short stories that appeared in Street & Smith's "Western Story Magazine" in December of 1931 and January of 1932.

This "Hawks and Eagles" is a great read.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 3 stories in the Joe Good trilogy.