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Hugh Pendexter
1875–1940
Best known for energetic historical adventures set in colonial America and the high seas, this Maine-born writer also worked as a journalist and screenwriter. His stories helped bring swashbuckling historical fiction to a wide popular audience in the early 20th century.
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 Warren, Maine, in 1875, Hugh Pendexter built a varied writing career that included journalism, fiction, and screenwriting. He wrote for newspapers before turning to books and magazine fiction, and he became especially associated with fast-moving historical adventures.
Pendexter is remembered for novels such as King of the Khyber Rifles and for many stories set in early American history, the frontier, and the sea. His work appeared in popular magazines, and some of his fiction was adapted for film, helping extend his readership beyond the page.
He died in 1940, but his books remain of interest to readers who enjoy classic adventure fiction with strong pacing, vivid settings, and a touch of old-fashioned romance.