author
Hugh Pendexter
1875–1940
A prolific storyteller of adventure and historical fiction, this Maine-born writer moved from teaching and newspaper work into a full-time career in popular magazines, novels, and screenwriting. He became especially known for energetic tales of the American frontier and carefully researched historical settings.
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 Maine in 1875, Hugh Pendexter worked as a teacher before turning to journalism, including newspaper work in Rochester, New York. He later settled back in Maine and devoted himself fully to writing, building a career that ranged across short fiction, novels, and screenplays.
Pendexter first gained attention as a humor writer, but he became best known for historical adventures and Westerns published in magazines such as Adventure and Argosy. Accounts of his work often note the care he put into research, which helped give his fast-moving fiction a strong sense of place and period.
He died in 1940, but his stories still reflect the lively, magazine-driven world of early twentieth-century popular fiction. For listeners who enjoy frontier action, historical color, and old-school storytelling, his work offers a vivid window into that era.