Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones
(1887–1949)

Canadian-American (born Canadian) historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer. Designated by many as "The king of pulps;" his works appeared in a number of pulp magazines. Pen names: H. Bedford-Jones, Allan Hawkwood, Donald Bedford, Montague Brissard, Cleveland B. Chase, Paul Ferval, Michael Gallister, Gordon Keyne, M. Lassez, George Souli de Mourant, Lucian Pemjean, Margaret Love Sangerson, Charles George Souli, Gordon Stuart, Elliot Whitney, John Wycliffe.

Works

(partial list)

Fiction

  • The Cross and the Hammer: A tale of the days of the Vikings ( 1912) illus E. H. Hartke his. fiction
  • The Conquest (1914) IA
  • Flamehair the Skald: A tale of the days of Hardrede IA
  • Blood Royal (1914)
  • Under Fire (1915)
  • L'Arbre Croche Mission [1] IA
  • Sword Flame (1918)
  • Nuala O'Malley (from All Story weekly, 1918) [2] Project Gutenberg
  • The Opium Ship (1919, 4-part serial in The Thrill Book magazine)
  • Pirates' Gold (1920)
  • The Mesa Trail (1920) IA : Project Gutenberg
  • Bigfoot Joe and Others: Figments of fancy (1920) short stories and poems IA
  • Arizona Argonauts (1920) (1924 edition)
  • The Mardi Gras Mystery (1921) frontispiece John Newton Howitt
  • The Shadow (1922)
  • The Second Mate (1922) novella IA (1923, c. 1922)
  • The Sheriff of Pecos (1923)
  • Mormon Valley (1924)
  • The Star Woman (1924) (his. fiction)
  • The Temple of the Ten (with W. C. Robertson, 1921, book form 1973)
  • Golden Ghost

John Solomon series

(as Allan Hawkwood)

  • The Gate of Farewell (1928; in Argosy, Jan–Feb 1914) [Book #1?] IA
  • Solomon's Quest (1915)
  • Gentleman Solomon (1915; People's Magazine 1915) IA
  • Solomon's Carpet (1915; People's Magazine, Oct 1915)
  • The Seal of John Solomon (1924; Argosy, 1915)
  • John Solomon, Argonaut (1916)
  • John Solomon, Retired (1917; People's Magazine Dec 1917)
  • Pilgrim Solomon (1917)
  • Solomon's Son (1918)
  • John Solomon—Supercargo (1924; Argosy 1914)
  • John Solomon, Incognito (1925; sl 1921)
  • The Shawl of Solomon (1925; sl. 1917)
  • The Wizard of the Atlas (1928)

Boy Scouts of the Air

(All authors of the series used the pseudonym Gordon Stuart. Only titles by Bedford-Jones are shown.)

Novellas and short stories from magazines


Short stories

Poetry

  • Figs and Thistles (1915) poetry IA
  • Fruit Before Summer (1915) poems IA
  • Gathered Verse (1916) poems IA
  • The Story of Mision San Juan Capistrano (1918) poems IA

Notes

  1. 40 copies, hand-printed by the author and distributed privately. Full name: L'Arbre Croche Mission : A memorable relation briefly setting forth the historical facts and eschewing all fable & legend, as erected by untutored minds, touching upon the justly famed mission of the Crooked Tree
  2. 4 installments, Nov. 5-26 1918. Combined by Project Gutenberg volunteers at www.pgdp.net

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1949, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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