author
A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
1881–1945
Adventure, hardship, and a taste for the far North run through these stories. Writing from life in Canada after an Irish-born youth, this early 20th-century author became known for fast-moving Mountie and wilderness fiction.
2 Audiobooks
Arctic angels
by A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
The Arctic legions
by A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
About the author
Born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1881, Augustus De Herries Smith later made his way to Canada after what one source describes as a wandering early life in the South Pacific. He settled in Alberta and built a varied writing career that drew on frontier settings, northern landscapes, and the rough drama of life at the edge of settlement.
He is best remembered for adventure fiction centered on the Canadian North and the Mounted Police, including works such as The Arctic Legions and Arctic Angels. Sources also credit him with writing humorous newspaper columns for the Edmonton Bulletin, along with other books beyond his better-known pulp adventures.
Smith died in 1945. What still stands out about his work is its strong sense of place: blizzards, long trails, danger, and survival are never far away, giving his stories an energetic, old-style appeal for readers who enjoy classic wilderness adventure.