Sunset Wins: A Western Trio
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Jim Orchard, the hero of âJericoâs Garrison Finish,â suffers from âreckless generosity,â which keeps getting in the way of his ability to save the $5,000 he needs so he can marry Sue Hampton, who fears that he is an easy mark and that he will never put the needs of a family first. When he hears that Garry Munn has been visiting Sue, he becomes worried and desperate as he has lost most of his money again. Munn is the favorite in the upcoming race in the rodeo, and Orchard sees his only chance of getting his $5,000 stake is to ride Jerico, a killer horse, racing against Munn.
In âSunset Wins,â Gordon MacDonald is a throwback to his ancestors, big and brutal, a man who âlooked like a lionâ and âthought like a foxâ and âfought like ten devils, shoulder to shoulder.â No prison in the world could hold him, though they had tried. Eventually he returns to the States, making his way to Texas, where he wanders for ten years, until his heart settles on something he must haveâa horse named Sunset.
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Max BrandÂŽ (1892â1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.
