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Overview
Max Brand was one of the pen names used by Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944). Faust was an American fiction author best known for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. In the 1910's he began selling stories to pulp fiction magazines. His love of mythology is evident in his fiction writings. Peter Reeve badly wounds Bull Hunter's uncle in a gunfight. Bull intends to track down the gunman and kill him, not just for revenge, but to silence those who laughed at him and said he was too huge to be any good. Bull finds Reeve sitting in jail, waiting to be tried for murder, but not even the law can keep Bull from his showdown with him.Synopsis
Bull sighed. "I ain't got much time, partner," he said. Approaching the door, he examined it wistfully. "But, maybe, they's another way." He drew back a little, raised his right leg, and smashed the heavy cowhide boot against the door. The wood split from top to bottom, and Bull's leg was driven on through the aperture. He paused to wrench the fragments of the door from lock and hinges and then beckoned to Pete Reeve. "Look for your gun in here, Reeve."