author
Hugh Pendexter
1875–1940
A prolific American storyteller, he turned careful research into fast-moving historical adventures and Westerns that reached a wide popular audience. Before devoting himself fully to fiction, he worked as a teacher and journalist, experiences that helped shape his clear, lively style.
4 Audiobooks
Red stripes
by Hugh Pendexter
A Virginia Scout
by Hugh Pendexter
It Might Have Happened Otherwise
by Hugh Pendexter
Red Belts
by Hugh Pendexter
About the author
Born in Pittsfield, Maine, in 1875, Hugh Pendexter was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. He attended school in Lewiston, taught Latin and Greek for a time, and later worked on the Rochester Post Express before settling in Norway, Maine, to write full time.
He first gained notice as a humor writer, with some early work selected by Mark Twain for Library of Wit and Humor. Pendexter became best known for historical novels and Westerns, many of them appearing in popular magazines such as Adventure and Argosy. He had a reputation for doing thorough background reading, which helped give his fiction a strong sense of place and period.
Pendexter died in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1940. Though less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, he remains a notable figure in early 20th-century American popular fiction, especially for readers who enjoy energetic adventure stories grounded in history.