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Henry W. Patterson

A hard-to-pin-down early 20th-century writer, he is remembered today for rugged adventure fiction with a sharp sense of danger and survival. The surviving record is slim, which gives his work an extra air of mystery.

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Hidden guns

Hidden guns

by Henry W. Patterson

About the author

Henry W. Patterson is an obscure author whose surviving public record appears to be very limited. Open Library lists him as the author of Meetinghouse Bay and The Secret Empire, while Project Gutenberg credits him with Hidden Guns.

Project Gutenberg describes Hidden Guns as an early 20th-century short story first published in Adventure Magazine in 1923. The story’s snowbound setting, trappers, armed intruders, and fast-moving conflict suggest a writer drawn to pulp-era suspense and outdoor adventure.

Because biographical information about Patterson is hard to confirm, not much more can be said with confidence about his life. What does remain is the fiction itself: lean, dramatic storytelling from the magazine-adventure tradition.