Project Gutenberg 2025-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 132 Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.) 1883 1969 Tuttle, Wilbur C. Tuttle, Wilbur Coleman Bad and mad $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith Corporation, $c1928. Produced from the May 19, 1928 issue of Western Story Magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "Bad and mad" by W. C. Tuttle is a short story that falls within the western genre, written in the late 1920s. The story explores themes of identity, morality, and the complexity of familial relations in the rugged backdrop of the American West, framed through the interactions between two twin brothers—one a sheriff and the other a bank robber. The narrative begins with a tense standoff between the sheriff, Ben, and his twin brother, Harry, who has just robbed a bank. The brothers engage in a witty, antagonistic dialogue, revealing their starkly different paths in life. As the plot unfolds, Harry overpowers Ben, leading to a violent struggle that ends with Ben's death. Harry assumes his brother’s identity, planning to exploit the situation in Oro City. However, unbeknownst to Harry, he has returned to a community that believes Ben has lost his mind. The story culminates with his capture, revealing the futility of his deceit and the tragic ends to which their choices have led them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/western-story-magazine-v-078-n-02-1928-05-19 20241231143307tuttle 1928 US Reading ease score: 93.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Short stories Western stories Brothers -- Fiction Twins -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 42839 2025-07-29T14:58:24.804657 text/html 18495 2025-01-09T04:49:31 text/html 482057 2025-07-29T14:58:27.758677 application/epub+zip 480843 2025-07-29T14:58:25.865645 application/epub+zip 234152 2025-07-29T14:58:25.213708 application/epub+zip 1240672 2025-07-29T14:58:29.453658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1233855 2025-07-29T14:58:27.305728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35872 2025-07-29T14:58:24.671636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16176 2025-01-09T04:49:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16580 2025-07-29T14:58:29.657616 application/rdf+xml 32302 2025-07-29T14:58:25.460635 image/jpeg 4991 2025-07-29T14:58:25.336667 image/jpeg 515103 2025-07-29T14:58:24.818651 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia