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The Smiling Desperado
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Max Brand (pseudonym of Frederick Faust) was one of the foremost western and pulp authors of his generation. The Smiling Desperado (1924) combines all of the exciting action elements for which he is best known.
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Max Brand® (1892–1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.
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