Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels.

The meanest old straight-shooting cowboy of the Wild West,
Ronicky Doone rides into Twin Springs and smack dab in the middle of a
family feud between the Jenkinses and the Bennetts.