The Whispering Outlaw (Leisure Western) [Mass Market Paperback]

Max Brand (Author)

Book Description

Series: Leisure Western | Publication Date: October 1994

The Whisperer, a mysterious frontier bandit who never shows his face or speaks in his own voice, recruits a ragtag band of outlaws to assist him in a series of daring robberies designed to make them all rich. Reprint.

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About the Author

Max Brand's action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides. Several of his novels are available from Brilliance Audio. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843936789
• ISBN-13: 978-0843936780
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,455,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Continues the Legacy, March 23, 2006

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Craig Clarke "Living After Midnight: Hard and... (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Whispering Outlaw (Leisure Western) (Mass Market Paperback)

Leisure Books is cheating a little by publishing this edition of The Whispering Outlaw under the name Max Brand. Although it was written by Frederick Faust (the real name of the multi-pseudonymous author who created Destry and Doctor Kildare), Faust did not originally publish it under his Max Brand nom de plume, but under another alias entirely: George Owen Baxter, one of the five names under which he wrote.

Nevertheless, this is merely nitpicking because The Whispering Outlaw retains the familiar Brand readability, and especially read-out-loud-ability, of his other works. The notorious Whisperer hires Lew Borgen to be his representative among his newest choice of outlaws to do his mysterious bidding. But the outlaws get suspicious (and a little greedy) when they realize that both the Whisperer's cut of their proceeds has to also go through Borgen. Meanwhile, Rose Kenworthy, the sheriff's beautiful daugher, is entranced by a curious loner she discovers while walking through the woods. Will her father allow her to marry such a man, or does it even matter?

Brand is a master of the Western genre, and every detail rings true. His characters are realistic, and his events fully plausible and organic to their situations. The way he combines his multiple plotlines is nothing short of remarkable. The Whispering Outlaw is the third Brand book I've attempted (I was unable to get all the way through an audiobook of War Party that I felt was being read too slowly to match Brand's kinetic language), but it's the third of many to come. Brand / Faust wrote so many books that Leisure releases a different one nearly every month. Based on my limited experience, I will predict that a reader could not go wrong with any of them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Item, Great Delivery, NO Problems!, May 26, 2010

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William C. Brooks "Lord's Servant" (Fort Worth, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Whispering Outlaw (Paperback)

Max Brand is Daddy of ALL Westerns, and manages to keep the action so high that cover-to-cover is powered high. Verbiage is unequalled by other writers, and an estimated 800 books keeps me reading a lot. I love it. The Whispering Outlaw (Leisure Western)

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD WESTERN BOOK!, February 21, 2009

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James R. Mills "Retired Oldie" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Whispering Outlaw (Audio CD)

Being retired, I enjoy the time listening to books on CD. This was a good western book by Max Brand. Enjoy.