author
Arthur Preston Hankins
1880–1932
A prolific early 20th-century writer of Western fiction, he built stories around ranch life, frontier conflicts, and rough-edged adventure. Several of his works were popular enough to be adapted for silent films, showing how widely his storytelling reached in his own time.
5 Audiobooks
The valley of Arcana
by Arthur Preston Hankins
The She Boss: A Western Story
by Arthur Preston Hankins
The Heritage of the Hills
by Arthur Preston Hankins
Falcon, of Squawtooth : A western story
by Arthur Preston Hankins
Cole of Spyglass Mountain
by Arthur Preston Hankins
About the author
Arthur Preston Hankins was an American author born in 1880 and remembered mainly for Western novels and stories. Records gathered through library and film sources show a long publishing career, with books including The Heritage of the Hills, The She Boss, The Jubilee Girl, and The Valley of Arcana.
His work also crossed into early cinema. Film references connect his writing to silent-era productions such as The Boss of Camp 4, and screen databases list him among writers whose stories were adapted during the 1910s and 1920s.
A local historical account from San Anselmo, California, notes that he and his wife, Emily Washburn Hankins, bought a home there in 1923, after he was already known as a writer. The same source says they left San Anselmo in 1931, and that he died in San Jose in January 1932.