Herbert Farris

Available public information on Herbert Farris is quite limited. Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page currently list Greener than Spruce as his known book, a short work of fiction set against the hardships and ambitions of Alaska's mining country.

Other indexed magazine records connect the name Herbert Farris to western and adventure stories such as Plenty Grub an’ Plenty Gold, Say, Listen!, and He Got Justice. Taken together, these listings suggest a writer drawn to rugged settings, frontier characters, and the practical realities of life in the North and West.

Because reliable biographical sources are scarce, much of Farris's personal life remains unclear. What does come through in the surviving record is a clear interest in fast-moving popular fiction shaped by prospectors, trail veterans, and would-be fortune hunters.