American Westerns discussion

The results of the Winter 2018 book poll - Max Brand was a tie. Both Beyond the Outposts and Destry Rides Again are the American Westerns Groups Reads.

That makes it more fun to have two classics from Max to read.

Agreed. I'm kind of disappointed then neither of these are in the Max Brand Megapack that I bought. I'm starting BEYOND THE OUTPOSTS first.

Totally agree with you, especially since 15 books of the 20 in the Megapack are free on Project Gutenberg and they could have put a better selection together verse what they did. Lucky I already had Beyond the Outposts, had to purchase Destry Rides Again and probably will start with that one.

I bought the BEYOND THE OUTPOSTS ebook on Amazon then I found the audiobook on Hoopla, a digital service from my local library. I rarely listen to audiobooks cuz I always get distracted by picking up something to read, but in this case the narrator is so compelling that I may make an exception.

I might have asked this before but here I go again. I've acquired quite a few Max Brand titles over the past couple of years. My understanding is that a number of his books were censored upon reissue after his death. One Western fan insisted the censorship was because of a son-in-law who was in charge executing his estate and who objected to some of the coarse language Brand used in his novels as originally published in Western pulps.

Question: any truth to this?
Second Question: anyone know which editions were reissued untouched from their original publication?

Thanks!

Reading time has been tough lately, but I remember reading something like this before & I have The Max Brand Companion by Jon Tuska that probably has something in it about this.
I’ll try to find time to see what I can dig up.