Download or read book THE BOY WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS & THE MAN WHO FORGOT CHRISTMAS written by Max Brand and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "THE BOY WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS & THE MAN WHO FORGOT CHRISTMAS" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "It was snowing. A northwester was rushing over the mountains. As the storm wind shifted a few points west and east, the mountains cut it away, so that one valley lay in a lull of quiet air, with the snow dropping in perpendicular lines; or else the mountains caught the wind in a funnel and poured a venomous blast, in which the snow hardened and became cold teeth. The two men lying in a covert saw Skinner Mountain, due south of them, withdraw into the mist of white and again jump out at them, blocking half the sky. The weather and the sudden appearances of Mount Skinner troubled Lou Alp" (The Man Who Forgot Christmas). Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Brand also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythology was a constant source of inspiration for his fiction, and it has been speculated that these classical influences accounted in some part for his success as a popular writer. Many of his stories would later inspire films.