Seattle-born author who worked as a cowhand in California, attended Berkeley, joined then deserted the Canadian Army, and finally settled down to writing full-time. He was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. Today he is best known for his work published as Max Brand, including the classic Western
Destry Rides Again and his popular series
Dr. Kildare. Although middle-aged when WWII broke out and suffering from chronic heart disease (he had had a heart attack in 1921), he became a front line war correspondent and was fatally wounded by shrapnel in Italy in 1944.
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Brand wrote so many works that a complete collection will take you quite a while to assemble. His most desirable, and hence most expensive, include his first,
The Untamed,
Destry Rides Again, and
Calling Dr. Kildare, featuring his stalwart physician hero.
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