"The Seventh Man's Horse" is a western novel by Max Brand. The story follows the adventures of Dan Barry, a wild and unpredictable young man who is feared and respected by all who know him. Dan Barry is known for his exceptional horse-riding skills and his ability to train even the wildest of horses. When a group of outlaws steal his prized horse, the Seventh Man's Horse, Dan sets out to track them down and get his horse back. Along the way, Dan meets a young woman named Joan, who is in danger from the same group of outlaws. Dan is torn between his love for Joan and his desire to get his horse back, and he must navigate a treacherous landscape filled with danger and betrayal. As the story unfolds, Dan's character is tested in ways he never could have imagined, and he must confront his own demons and face the consequences of his actions. The novel is a classic western tale, full of action, adventure, and romance, and Max Brand's vivid descriptions of the Wild West and its inhabitants bring the story to life. Overall, "The Seventh Man's Horse" is a thrilling and entertaining novel that will appeal to fans of westerns and anyone who enjoys a good adventure story.

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American author Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) is best known for his Western novels written under the pen name Max Brand. For a collection of pulp fiction stories, he (as Max Brand) also invented the well-known fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare. Over the next several decades, his Kildare character appeared in a variety of other media, including a number of American theatrical films by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a radio program, two television programs, and comic books. George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Evans, Peter Dawson, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, Peter Ward, Frederick Faust, and Frederick Frost are some of the other aliases used by Faust. For Argosy magazine, Faust wrote the "Tizzo the Firebrand" series under the pen name George Challis. Taking place in Renaissance Italy, the Tizzo saga was a collection of historical swashbuckler tales starring the title hero. When Faust, Frank Gruber, and coauthor Steve Fisher were at Warner Brothers at the beginning of 1944, they frequently engaged in idle talk in the afternoons with Colonel Nee, a technical advisor dispatched from Washington.