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James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
1880–1963
Best known for fast-moving westerns and North Country adventures, this prolific early 20th-century novelist wrote stories packed with frontier danger, gold-rush grit, and rough-edged heroes. His books range from standalone westerns to the long-running Halfaday Creek and Connie Morgan tales.
10 Audiobooks
The Promise
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Connie Morgan in Alaska
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Prairie Flowers
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Snowdrift: A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The Gold Girl
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The Gun-Brand
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Connie Morgan in the Fur Country
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The Challenge of the North
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The Texan
by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
About the author
Born on December 9, 1880, James Beardsley Hendryx was an American novelist remembered for western fiction and adventure stories set in places like Alaska and the Canadian North. He died on March 1, 1963.
Hendryx wrote a large number of popular novels, including The Texan, The Gold Girl, Blood of the North, and many books connected to Halfaday Creek. He also wrote the Connie Morgan adventures, which helped make his work especially appealing to readers who enjoyed action, wilderness settings, and serial storytelling.
His fiction is closely tied to the mood of early pulp-era popular reading: quick-paced, colorful, and full of frontier conflict. Even now, his books offer a lively window into the kind of western and northern adventure tales that once filled magazine pages and inexpensive hardcovers.