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American writer (1892–1944)

Max Brand
Born Frederick Schiller Faust(1892-05-29)May 29, 1892Seattle, Washington, United States
Died May 12, 1944(1944-05-12) (aged 51)Minturno (Santa Maria Infante), Italy
Resting place United States
Pen name Frank AustinGeorge Owen BaxterLee BoltWalter C. ButlerGeorge ChallisPeter DawsonMartin DexterEvin EvanEvan EvansJohn FrederickFrederick FrostDennis LawsonDavid ManningM.B.Peter Henry MorlandHugh OwenNicholas Silver
Occupation Writer, author
Alma mater University of California
Genre Western
Spouse Dorothy Schillig
Relatives Gilbert Leander Faust (father) Louisa Elizabeth (Uriel) Faust (mother)

The "Max Brand" novel The Sword Lover was serialized in The Argosy during 1917.

Faust's novel The Double Crown carried two of Faust's pen names when it was serialized in The Argosy during 1918.

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. As Max Brand, he also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare for a series of pulp fiction stories.[1] His Kildare character was subsequently featured over several decades in other media, including a series of American theatrical movies by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),[2] a radio series,[3] two television series,[4][5] and comics.[6][7] Faust's other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, Peter Dawson, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Henry Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. He also wrote under his real name. As George Challis, Faust wrote the "Tizzo the Firebrand" series for Argosy magazine. The Tizzo saga was a series of historical swashbuckler stories, featuring the titular warrior, set in Renaissance Italy.[8]

During early 1944, when Faust, Frank Gruber, and fellow author Steve Fisher were working at Warner Brothers, they often had idle conversations during afternoons, along with a Colonel Nee, who was a technical advisor sent from Washington, D.C. One day, charged with whiskey, Faust talked of getting assigned to a company of foot soldiers so he could experience the war and later write a war novel. Colonel Nee said he could fix it for him and some weeks later he did, getting Faust an assignment for Harper's Magazine as a war correspondent in Italy. While traveling with American soldiers fighting in Italy in 1944, Faust was wounded mortally by shrapnel.[9][10]

Ronicky Doone Trilogy

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Tizzo the Firebrand series

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Abdullah, Achmed; Brand, Max; Means, E.K.; Sheehan, Perley Poore (1920). The Ten Foot Chain: Can Love Survive the Shackles? — A Unique Symposium. New York: Reynolds Publishing Company.

  1. ^ "Dr. Kildare – NBC (ended 1966)". TV.com database. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Mavis, Paul. "Dr. Kildare Movie Collection (Warner Archive Collection)" (DVD review). DVDtalk.com, March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  3. ^ The Digital Deli Online, "The Story of Dr. Kildare (Radio Program)." Archived March 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine digitaldeliftp.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Mcneil, Alex. Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present – Revised Edition. Penguin Books, 1996, p. 225. ISBN 978-0140249163.
  5. ^ "Young Dr. Kildare" overview, TV Guide. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Polite Dissent (blog), "The Brief 'Golden Age of Medical Comics'," Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine politedissent.com, May 28, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  7. ^ The Archivist, "Ask the Archivist: Calling Dr. Kildare." The Comics Kingdom Blog, comicskingdom.com, October 24, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  8. ^ William A Bloodworth, Max Brand. New York : G.K. Hall & Co., 1999. ISBN 080577646X (pp. 136–7).
  9. ^ "Kildare Creator Is Killed in Santa Maria Infante near Minturno Italy", by Milton Bracker, The New York Times, May 17, 1944. p. 3. (subscription required)
  10. ^ "A Farewell to Max Brand", by Steve Fisher, published simultaneously in Argosy and Writer's Digest, in their August 1944 issues.
  11. ^ "Max Brand Books in Order" Retrieved 24 January 2024 [1]
  12. ^ Brand, Max (October 1976). Black Jack. Pocket Books. Copyright, 1921, 1922, . . . renewed . . . by Dorothy Faust.
  13. ^ "The Blue Jay" Retrieved 24 January 2024 [2]
  14. ^ Brand, Max (August 1953). Single Jack. Pocket Books. Pocket 950. Copyright, 1926, 1927, by the Estate of Frederick Faust.

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