The Brannocks [Mass Market Paperback]

Matt Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 2004

Earl Brannock was a gambling man who fled the fired of the Civil War and found a boomtown called Denver-- in a land being built on dreams, luck, and gold. Virgil Brannock joined him next, fresh from Lee's surrender at Appomattox, determined to rise to the top of the frontier's rough and treacherous business world. Finally, Clint came riding a trail of revenge: a fiery young Brannock who dared a wear a badge...

The three brothers were reunited once again. And on a frontier brimming with opportunity and exploding with danger, vicious enemies would test their courage-- and three beautiful women would claim their love...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Immediately after the Civil War, the three Brannock brothers separately wend their ways to Denver, a bustling mining center. Earl is a professional gambler whose winnings allow him to open Denver's first honest gambling house. Virgil is a businessman who founds a wildly successful liquor wholesaling company and becomes a friend of the powers of Denver. Clint, who spent much of the war in a Northern prison camp, wants to avenge the murder of his parents at the hands of Union irregulars, and in the meantime becomes Denver's sheriff. Each brother faces tests of will and honesty with aplomb and courage, and each takes up with spicy, good-hearted women. The book leads to a bloody, blazing showdown, involving corrupt Denver politicos, the man responsible for the murder of the Brannocks' parents and stagecoach robbers. Afterwards, the Brannocks must leave Denver, but their honor and Denver's future are assured. Well plotted, this is an entertaining Western.
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Review

"Matt Braun is a master storyteller of frontier history." -Elmer Kelton

"Matt Braun is head and shoulders above all the rest who would attempt to bring the gunmen of the old west to life." -Terry Johnston, author of The Plainsmen series

"Matt Braun is one of the best!" -Don Coldsmith, author of the Spanish Bit series

"Matt Braun has a genius for taking real characters out of the Old West and giving them flesh-and-blood immediacy." -Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

"Braun blends historical fact and ingenious fiction...A top-drawer Western novelist!" -Robert L. Gale

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (December 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312964900
• ISBN-13: 978-0312964900
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRAUN PLUS BRANNOCKS=GOOD STUFF!!, September 7, 2001

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This review is from: The Brannocks (Mass Market Paperback)

What a great Western. I have read other books by Matt Braun but I think this is the best one I have read. Earl Brannock is in Denver, he is a professional grambler. Virgil Brannock shows us next and becomes a very good business man. Clint Brannock is the last one to arrive. He was always the wild one. He is hired by the city as a Marshall. Clint is looking for Jack Quintin who killed the Brannock boys parents. He also finally show up in Denver and is hired to kill the three boys. A very good Western book. Lots of action, a good ending. I hope Braun writes about these three again. The way the book ended it is wide open for it. If you like books about the old west you will really like this one.