author
Herbert Joseph Moorhouse
b. 1882
A Canadian journalist and novelist who also worked in public service, he wrote fiction and nonfiction rooted in prairie life and the changing world of early 20th-century Canada. His best-known books include Deep Furrows and Every Man for Himself.
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Every Man for Himself
by Herbert Joseph Moorhouse
Deep Furrows
by Herbert Joseph Moorhouse
About the author
Born on April 24, 1882, Herbert Joseph "Hopkins" Moorhouse was a Canadian civil servant, author, and journalist. A Manitoba Historical Society profile says he was born in Ontario, studied in London, Ontario, and at the University of Western Ontario, and later built a career that combined government work with writing.
His published work includes both nonfiction and fiction. Project Gutenberg lists Deep Furrows and Every Man for Himself, and library records show his writing circulated under his full name as well as the name "Hopkins Moorhouse." Taken together, these sources suggest a writer interested in western Canadian life, farming communities, and the social changes of his time.
Moorhouse died in 1960. Read today, his work offers a window into the language, values, and everyday realities of an earlier Canada.