Faust (Frederick) Collection, ca 1919-1944

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Title:: Frederick Faust Collection
Dates:: ca 1919-1944
Creators:: Brand, Max, 1892-1944 Faust, Frederick Schiller, 1892-1944 Brand, Max, 1892-1944 Faust, Frederick Schiller, 1892-1944
Abstract:
Extent:: 161 volumes (18 linear ft)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Frederick Faust Collection. California State University, Fullerton, University Archives and Special Collections

Scope and content:: The collection consists of paperback books and periodicals.
Biographical / historical:: Frederick Faust was an extremely successful writer of adventure prose, which he had published under assumed names such as Max Brand, but he failed in his lifelong aim of becoming an established poet. Despite his distaste for pulp fiction, the money he made from producing it allowed Faust a lavish lifestyle. His most famous works included Destry Rides Again and the Dr. Kildare stories. In 1944, while trying to establish himself as a war corespondent during World War II, he was killed during an attack on the central Italian town of Santa Maria Infante.(source: John Leyden. American History; September/October 1997, Vol. 32, p48-55, 8p).

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by California State University, Fullerton, University Archives and Special Collections staff.
Date Prepared:: ca 1919-1944
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.

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Preferred citation:: Frederick Faust Collection. California State University, Fullerton, University Archives and Special Collections

Location of this collection:: California State University, Fullerton, University Archives and Special Collections

800 N. State College Blvd.

Pollak Library South, Room 352

Fullerton, CA 92834-4150, US