author
Henry Wallace Phillips
1869–1930
A lively early-20th-century storyteller, he mixed Western settings with a playful sense of humor. His fiction often drew on time spent on ranches in the Dakotas, giving even his comic tales a strong feel for frontier life.
7 Audiobooks
The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Mr. Scraggs
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Trolley Folly
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Red Saunders: His Adventures West & East
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Fables for the Times
by Henry Wallace Phillips
Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters
by Henry Wallace Phillips
About the author
Born in New York City on January 11, 1869, Henry Wallace Phillips became known for humorous Western fiction and short stories. Reliable library and public-domain sources connect him especially with ranch life in the Dakotas, which helped shape the settings and tone of his work.
He wrote books including Red Saunders: His Adventures West & East, Mr. Scraggs, The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch, and Trolley Folly. His stories were popular enough to circulate widely in later reprints and recordings, and some of his work also crossed into silent-film adaptations and screenwriting credits.
Phillips died on May 24, 1930. Today he is remembered as a brisk, entertaining voice in American popular fiction, especially for readers who enjoy tall tales, comic mishaps, and the lighter side of Western storytelling.