Author: Max Brand
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Valley of Vanishing Men by Max Brand is about Ben Trainer, who finds out that his brother is imperiled. Ben leaves his job punching cows to go rescue him from certain death. Excerpt: "IT WAS one of those gorges which seem to have been plowed through the mountains with some vast mechanical instrument that cuts with equal ease through hard and soft. Granite had yielded like butter to the edge of that imagined tool. And Trainor, looking up from the edge of the creek, could see the steep and polished cliffs rising on either hand, beyond the climbing of man or beast. At the top, there was occasional fringing of trees, which leaned over the gorge as though peering curiously down into its depths."
Valley of Vanishing Men
Author: Max Brand
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Valley of Vanishing Men by Max Brand is about Ben Trainer, who finds out that his brother is imperiled. Ben leaves his job punching cows to go rescue him from certain death. Excerpt: "IT WAS one of those gorges which seem to have been plowed through the mountains with some vast mechanical instrument that cuts with equal ease through hard and soft. Granite had yielded like butter to the edge of that imagined tool. And Trainor, looking up from the edge of the creek, could see the steep and polished cliffs rising on either hand, beyond the climbing of man or beast. At the top, there was occasional fringing of trees, which leaned over the gorge as though peering curiously down into its depths."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Valley of Vanishing Men by Max Brand is about Ben Trainer, who finds out that his brother is imperiled. Ben leaves his job punching cows to go rescue him from certain death. Excerpt: "IT WAS one of those gorges which seem to have been plowed through the mountains with some vast mechanical instrument that cuts with equal ease through hard and soft. Granite had yielded like butter to the edge of that imagined tool. And Trainor, looking up from the edge of the creek, could see the steep and polished cliffs rising on either hand, beyond the climbing of man or beast. At the top, there was occasional fringing of trees, which leaned over the gorge as though peering curiously down into its depths."
Valley of Vanishing Men
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture plays
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture plays
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Valley of Vanishing Men
Author: Max Brand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Wild Bill Elliott
Author: Gene Blottner
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078646903X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Wild Bill Elliott was a major western star. His screen persona met evil head-on and emerged victorious, bringing cheers from Saturday audiences. This book covers Elliott's entire career. It begins with a biographical sketch and then discusses each of his 78 starring roles as well as his more than 130 supporting roles. The film entries include studio, release date, alternate titles, cast and credit listings, songs, location filming, color, running time, source, story synopsis, notes and commentary, quotations from published reviews and a critical summation of the film. Appendices include Elliott's short films, TV and radio appearances and comic books.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078646903X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Wild Bill Elliott was a major western star. His screen persona met evil head-on and emerged victorious, bringing cheers from Saturday audiences. This book covers Elliott's entire career. It begins with a biographical sketch and then discusses each of his 78 starring roles as well as his more than 130 supporting roles. The film entries include studio, release date, alternate titles, cast and credit listings, songs, location filming, color, running time, source, story synopsis, notes and commentary, quotations from published reviews and a critical summation of the film. Appendices include Elliott's short films, TV and radio appearances and comic books.
Riders of the Silences
Author: Max Brand
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
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.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
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 Strong, Silent Type
Author: Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615241
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Many of the stars of silent westerns were young horse wranglers who left the open fields to make extra money bulldogging steers and chasing Indians around arenas in traveling Wild West shows. They made their way to Hollywood when the popularity of the Wild West shows began to decline, found work acting in action-packed silent westerns, and became idols for early moviegoers everywhere. More than 100 of those cowboys who starred in silent westerns between 1903 and 1930 are highlighted in this work. Among those included are Art Acord, Broncho Billy Anderson, Harry Carey, Fred Cody, Bob Custer, Jack Daugherty, William Desmond, William Duncan, Dustin Farnum, William Farnum, Hoot Gibson, Neal Hart, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Jack Hoxie, Buck Jones, J. Warren Kerrigan, George Larkin, Leo Maloney, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Pete Morrison, Jack Mower, Jack Perrin, William Russell, Bob Steele, Fred Thompson, Tom Tyler, and Wally Wales, to name just a few. Biographical information and a complete filmography are provided for each actor. Richly illustrated with more than 300 movie stills.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615241
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Many of the stars of silent westerns were young horse wranglers who left the open fields to make extra money bulldogging steers and chasing Indians around arenas in traveling Wild West shows. They made their way to Hollywood when the popularity of the Wild West shows began to decline, found work acting in action-packed silent westerns, and became idols for early moviegoers everywhere. More than 100 of those cowboys who starred in silent westerns between 1903 and 1930 are highlighted in this work. Among those included are Art Acord, Broncho Billy Anderson, Harry Carey, Fred Cody, Bob Custer, Jack Daugherty, William Desmond, William Duncan, Dustin Farnum, William Farnum, Hoot Gibson, Neal Hart, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Jack Hoxie, Buck Jones, J. Warren Kerrigan, George Larkin, Leo Maloney, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Pete Morrison, Jack Mower, Jack Perrin, William Russell, Bob Steele, Fred Thompson, Tom Tyler, and Wally Wales, to name just a few. Biographical information and a complete filmography are provided for each actor. Richly illustrated with more than 300 movie stills.
The Dangerous River
Author: R. M. Patterson
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1926971361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Written with R. M. Patterson’s characteristic sharp wit and observation, this classic tale chronicles the year he spent battling frigid temperatures and wild waters along the Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Patterson originally travelled to the North with hopes of finding gold, and clues to the mysterious disappearance of earlier prospectors. Instead, he fell in love with the landscape, and through his meticulously recorded journals and hauntingly beautiful photographs he introduced the now-famous Nahanni River to the world. Patterson’s bestselling first book is now back in print and ready to take readers down the treacherous and challenging waters of the Nahanni River once again.
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1926971361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Written with R. M. Patterson’s characteristic sharp wit and observation, this classic tale chronicles the year he spent battling frigid temperatures and wild waters along the Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Patterson originally travelled to the North with hopes of finding gold, and clues to the mysterious disappearance of earlier prospectors. Instead, he fell in love with the landscape, and through his meticulously recorded journals and hauntingly beautiful photographs he introduced the now-famous Nahanni River to the world. Patterson’s bestselling first book is now back in print and ready to take readers down the treacherous and challenging waters of the Nahanni River once again.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Valley of the Vanishing Men
Author: Max Brand
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440549869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
“Your brother left the hotel two weeks ago. We have heard no word from him … “Travel in Alkali Valley, as you know, is dangerous. We think you should be informed of his continued absence.” That was the letter that brought Ben Trainor to a godforsaken spot in the desert. And a warning from the sheriff to leave while he still had the chance only deepened the mystery. But with the help of his good friend Jim Silver—Silvertip—Trainor was determined to find his brother, even if they had to shoot their way past all the bushwackers in the valley!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440549869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
“Your brother left the hotel two weeks ago. We have heard no word from him … “Travel in Alkali Valley, as you know, is dangerous. We think you should be informed of his continued absence.” That was the letter that brought Ben Trainor to a godforsaken spot in the desert. And a warning from the sheriff to leave while he still had the chance only deepened the mystery. But with the help of his good friend Jim Silver—Silvertip—Trainor was determined to find his brother, even if they had to shoot their way past all the bushwackers in the valley!
Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s
Author: Gene Scott Freese
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614709
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This biographical dictionary shines the spotlight on several hundred unheralded stunt performers who created some of the cinema's greatest action scenes without credit or recognition. The time period covered encompasses the silent comedy days of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, the early westerns of Tom Mix and John Wayne, the swashbucklers of Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Burt Lancaster, the costume epics of Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas, and the action films of Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson. Without stuntmen and women working behind the scenes the films of these action superstars would not have been as successful. Now fantastic athletes and leading stunt creators such as Yakima Canutt, Richard Talmadge, Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy, Dave Sharpe, Jock Mahoney, Chuck Roberson, Polly Burson, Bob Morgan, Loren Janes, Dean Smith, Hal Needham, Martha Crawford, Ronnie Rondell, Terry Leonard, and Bob Minor are given their proper due. Each entry covers the performer's athletic background, military service, actors doubled, noteworthy stunts, and a rundown of his or her best known screen credits.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614709
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This biographical dictionary shines the spotlight on several hundred unheralded stunt performers who created some of the cinema's greatest action scenes without credit or recognition. The time period covered encompasses the silent comedy days of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, the early westerns of Tom Mix and John Wayne, the swashbucklers of Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Burt Lancaster, the costume epics of Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas, and the action films of Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson. Without stuntmen and women working behind the scenes the films of these action superstars would not have been as successful. Now fantastic athletes and leading stunt creators such as Yakima Canutt, Richard Talmadge, Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy, Dave Sharpe, Jock Mahoney, Chuck Roberson, Polly Burson, Bob Morgan, Loren Janes, Dean Smith, Hal Needham, Martha Crawford, Ronnie Rondell, Terry Leonard, and Bob Minor are given their proper due. Each entry covers the performer's athletic background, military service, actors doubled, noteworthy stunts, and a rundown of his or her best known screen credits.