Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 163 Brand, Max 1892 1944 Faust, Frederick Schiller Frederick, John Way of the Lawless Reading ease score: 90.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Dave Morgan, Tom Allen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Way of the Lawless" by Max Brand is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the rugged backdrop of the American West and centers around Andy Lanning, the unfortunate protégé of a hard-edged blacksmith, Jasper Lanning. Andy is caught in a struggle between his upbringing, which emphasizes toughness and gun skills, and his own gentle nature, leading him to question the violence that surrounds him. The opening of the book introduces us to the complex relationship between Jasper and his young ward, Andy. Jasper, despite his efforts to mold Andy into a formidable man through hard lessons in riding and shooting, ultimately feels that his attempts have failed due to Andy's innate softness. As tensions build, Andy faces a crucial confrontation with Buck Heath, a local tough guy. The scene escalates with Andy feeling pressured and humiliated until he unexpectedly fights back, resulting in him accidentally injuring Heath, which sets off a chain of events leading to Andy's flight and transformation from a naïve young man into a fugitive. This opening portion sets the stage for a gripping exploration of identity, morality, and survival in a violent world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Western Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 439063 430778 2024-10-04T12:27:52.595686 2023-10-05T04:20:58.522779 text/html text/html 439134 2020-12-27T02:15:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158652 2020-12-27T02:15:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230877 2024-10-04T12:28:01.137129 application/epub+zip 239785 2024-10-04T12:27:55.119655 application/epub+zip 239785 2024-10-04T12:27:53.454653 application/epub+zip 439860 2024-10-04T12:28:05.875073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397879 2024-10-04T12:28:00.136635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366503 2022-09-05T05:58:26.997895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403035 402948 2024-10-04T12:27:51.238673 2023-10-05T04:20:57.529765 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 402960 2020-12-27T02:15:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152756 2020-12-27T02:15:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19788 2024-10-04T12:28:06.401070 application/rdf+xml 13039 2024-10-04T12:27:54.292628 image/jpeg 3399 2024-10-04T12:27:53.887636 image/jpeg 226332 2024-10-04T12:27:52.633668 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia