Dive into the thrilling world of Western fiction with "Riders of Silences" by Frederick Schiller Faust. Set in the 1920s, this novel offers readers a gripping narrative that intertwines culture, humanities, and the raw essence of the Wild West. Faust's masterful storytelling and vivid portrayal of the rugged frontier make this a must-read for those who appreciate classic Western novels and historical narratives.
'Riders of the Silences' is a novel in the western genre written by Max Brand. The story follows the protagonist, Allen Neece, who is searching for his father's killer, a notorious outlaw named Poggin. Along the way, he meets a range of characters, including Poggin's daughter, and becomes embroiled in a web of danger and adventure. The novel explores themes of justice, revenge, and redemption, and features classic western tropes such as shootouts, horse riding, and frontier justice.
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This carefully crafted ebook: "RIDERS OF THE SILENCES & CROSSROADS (Western Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In an entertaining horse opera, Riders of the Silences, Max Brand is telling of the Legend of Red Pierre La Rouge and the phantom gunfighter, McGurk. In Canada, a young man Pierre is raised as an orphan, until he receives a letter from the American father he never knew existed. Pierre's father is dying, and so the young man goes to see him and, to give him the burial no one else will, and in the end, to avenge his death. To achieve his goals, Pierre takes up with a gang of outlaws, including Jacqueline Boone, a woman who dresses and acts like a man and calls herself Jack. In Crossroads, Brand continues the saga of his finest heroine, Jacqueline Boone – Jack, as she encounters notorious gunslinger Dix Van Dyck. After strangling sheriff's brother in self-defense, Dix is forced to run to a distant place of Double Bend, where he finds out just how much trouble Jacqueline Boone will bring him. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. Many of his stories would later inspire films.
The Great West prior to the century's turn abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen whose bullets always magically found their mark of mighty stallions whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind of glorious women whose beauty stunned mind and heart. But nowhere in the vast spread of the mountain-desert country was there a greater legend told than the story of Red Pierre and the phantom gunfighter McGurk.
Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels.
Humans and horses have been joined for thousands of years, and for much of that time, one thing has served as the primary point of physical contact between them: the saddle. However, for many horses and many riders, the saddle has been no less than a refined means of torture. Horses have long suffered from tree points impeding the movement of their shoulder blades; too narrow gullet channels damaging the muscles and nerves along the vertebrae; and too long panels putting harmful pressure on the reflex point in the loin area. Male riders saddle up despite riding-related pain and the potential for serious side effects, such as impotence, while female riders endure backache, slipped discs, and bladder infections, to name just a few common issues. We must ask ourselves: How much better could we ride and how much better could our horses perform if our saddles fit optimally? If they accommodated the horse’s unique conformation and natural asymmetry? If they were built for the differing anatomy of men and women? The answers to all these questions are right here, right now, in this book.
Magic, danger, and adventure abound for messenger Karigan G'ladheon in author Kristen Britain's New York Times-bestselling Green Rider fantasy series • "First-rate fantasy." —Library Journal Karigan G'ladheon was once a Green Rider, one of the king of Sacoridia's elite magical messengers. In the messenger service, she was caught up in a world of deadly danger, and though she defeated the rogue Eletian who cracked the magical D'Yer Wall—which had protected Sacoridia for a thousand years from the dark influence of Blackveil Forest, and Mornhavon the Black's evil spirit imprisoned within it—she had nonetheless been tainted by his wild magic. Exhausted in body and spirit, and determined to take control of her own destiny, Karigan returned to her home in Corsa. But even Karigan's stubborn determination is no match for the Rider's call. Ghostly hoofbeats echo in the deep regions of her mind. When she awakes to find herself on horseback, halfway to Sacor City in her nightgown, she finally gives in. Karigan returns to the court, only to find the Green Riders weakened and diminished. Rider magic has become unreliable, and she herself has ghostly visions of Lil Ambriodhe, First Rider, and founder of the Green Rider corps. But why is the First Rider appearing to Karigan? And will Karigan be able to seek the help of a woman who has been dead for a thousand years?
