Author:Hugh Pendexter

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Hugh Pendexter
(1875–1940)

American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, best remembered for his historical novels and Westerns for such publications as Adventure and Argosy. Known for the detailed research: in particular for the novel Kings of the Missouri, about fur trading and the founding of St. Louis. Pseudonyms: Faunce Rochester

Hugh Pendexter

Works[edit]

(partial list)

  • The Man Who Was Alone (1907)
  • The Torch Bearers (1921)
  • Wolf Law (1921)
  • Lost Diggings (1922)
  • War Wampum (1922)
  • The White Dawn (1922) (also, 4-part sl in Adventure Jan-Mar 1922)
  • Pay Gravel (1923)
  • The Homesteaders (1924)
  • The Long Knives (1924)

Children's fiction[edit]

The Camp and Trail Series[edit]

Along the Coast Series[edit]

  • The Young Fishermen; or, The King of Smugglers' Island (1912)
  • The Young Sea-Merchants; or, After hidden Treasure (1913)
  • The Young Pilots; or, Seeking the Missing Heir
  • The Young Seiners; or, Fighting the Fish Pirates
  • The Young Skippers; or, The Mysterious Wreck

Magazine stories and articles[edit]

Longer works
  • The Homesteaders (1924 Nov, Adventure) (4 part serial)
  • The Long Knives (1923-1924, Adventure) (5 part serial)
  • The Bushfighters (1920 Oct 18, Adventure) (novel)
  • "The Sun Chasers" (1927 Nov 15, Adventure) (5 part serial)
  • "Tameless Days" (1922 Nov 30, Adventure) (4-part serial)
  • "The Roaring Towns" (1927 Nov to 1928 Apr, Everybody's Magazine) (6-part serial)
  • "Uneasy Gold" (1928 June, Everybody's Magazine) (novelette)

As Faunce Rochester[edit]

  • "The Horror of the Little House," (ss) Short Stories Nov 1916
  • "The Master of Heron River," (ss) Short Stories Jan 1916
  • "The Spouse of El Dorado," (ss) Short Stories Mar 1917
  • '"John Bull" on Bears,' (ar) Adventure Oct 30 1923 (n-f; article/filler)
  • "Deer "Bleats" and Cougars," (ar) Adventure Nov 10 1923
  • "Earliest California History", (ar) Adventure Jan 30 1924
  • You Might Call It Adventure, (ar) Adventure Dec 10 1924

Movies[edit]

  • A Daughter of the Wolf (1919) story for B&W silent
  • Wolf Law (1922) story for B&W silent

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1940, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 83 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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