Adventures and Western. Book 3

Adventures and Western. Book 3: 1. Silvertip; 2. The Man from Mustang; 3. Silvertip's Strike; 4. Silvertip's Roundup; 5. Silvertip's Trap; 6. Silvertip's Chase.


1. Silvertip: Published - 1941. The Silvertip Series.

«SILVERTIP” was what men called him, since the other names he chose to wear were as shifting as the sands of the desert; but he was more like a great stag than a grizzly. For he was built heavy to the waist; below, he was as slender as any swift-running deer. Yet the nickname was no accident. Above his young face, high up in the hair over his temples, appeared two tufts of gray that at times and in certain lights had the look of small horns. For this reason the Mexicans were apt to call him “El Diablo,” but Americans knew him as Silvertip, which they shortened often to Silver, or Tip.»


2. The Man from Mustang:  Published -1942. The Silvertip Series.

A Western thriller from Max Brand. In The Man from Mustang, Silvertip hunts a man whose face he's never seen . . . And whose name he doesn't know! 

"The explosion of the shot echoed through the saloon. The moment before, a gun had glinted in the night through an open window. Now Buck lay on the floor, fighting for his life, trying to raise himself on one hand trying to breathe. He reached up and caught Silvertip's hand. He tried to speak, but only red bubbles of blood burst on his lips"...


3. Silvertip's Strike:  Published -1942. The Silvertip Series.

An evil will leaving the land next to Silvertip's to two greedy criminals could accomplish just what the dead man wished - violence.

"Steve Wycombe was a low-down snake till the day he died . . . and even after death. To his three worst enemies-Morris Delgas, Harry Rutherford, and Jim Silver-he left his land, stock, and cash. It was his last evil plan, shrewd and vindictive. To profit from his inheritance, the three would have to run his ranch together. Wycombe knew the criminals, Delgas and Rutherford, wouldn't cooperate with the honest Silvertip. Sooner or later there would be violence and bloodshed. Wycombe would have wanted it that way"...


4. Silvertip's Roundup:  Published -1943. The Silvertip Series.

"Silvertip's Roundup is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of America's favorite western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim "Silvertip" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. When Barry Christian, one of the West's most detestable law breakers, starts making trouble in Horseshoe Flat, Silvertip is ready to take him on in his inimitable style. Silvertip joins forces with Taxi, a cunning safecracker and ex-con from New York. Together Silvertip and Taxi set out to hunt Christian down and teach him an unforgettable lesson."


5. Silvertip's Trap: Published -1943. The Silvertip Series.

"At 30, Bill Naylor had spent half his life behind bars. Free again, and while looking for a new job, he saves a man from drowning. The rescued man turns out to be Barry Christian, the outlaw king. Naylor, rewarded with a top job in Christian's gang, thinks his fortune's made. But Christian's deadly enemy is Arizona Jim Silver-the legendary Silvertip. Silvertip has vowed to bring Christian to justice. Naylor, who know firsthand about Silvertip's courage and fairness, realizes that Silvertip, his friend, is the more formidable of the two giants. Then Christian plans the crime of his career, a daring robbery that will make the gang rich. For Naylor it is the one chance of a lifetime-until Naylor learns that Christian's plot calls for Silvertip's death."


6. Silvertip's Chase: Published - 1944. The Silvertip Series.

"Bill Gary was near death. Blood gushed from the gaping wound inflicted by the giant wolf who now lay stunned at his feet. Slowly, agonizingly, he drew a diagram, stuffed it inside his dead dog's collar, and fastened the collar around the neck of the wolf. Then, with excruciating effort, he opened the trap and released the wolf. In that collar Gary had tucked a map to the location of a vein of gold he had discovered only hours before. This most vicious of timber wolves was now guardian and executor of his estate. And Silvertip, to carry out the dead man's wish, must find Frosty, the wolf."