Under the Diehard Brand

This would have been 3 stars but the last story is what made it a 4 star.......more

a fun collection of short story.......more

This volume collects three of Hubbard's pulp Western stories: Hoss Tamer from the January, 1950 issue of Thrilling Western Magazine, the title story from the March, 1938 issue of Western Aces, and The Ghost Town Gun-Ghost from Western Action Magazine's August, 1938 issue. I'm not especially knowledg......more

This is a pretty weak collection of stories, suitable for stuffing into the back half of a magazine when you failed to sell enough ads to fill the space. Even for the genre, there is far too much earnestness and not nearly enough ambiance for the stories to feel satisfying. Utterly forgettable.......more

An excellent western. Although it consists of short stories, they really grab you and time disappears. They are like full length novels.......more