American poet
H. Bedford-Jones
Born (1887-04-29 ) April 29, 1887
Napanee ,
Ontario , CanadaDied May 6, 1949(1949-05-06) (aged 62)
Beverly Hills ,
California , United States Pen name Donald Bedford, Montague Brissard, Cleveland B. Chase, Paul Ferval, Michael Gallister, Allan Hawkwood, Gordon Keyne, M. Lassez, George Souli de Mourant, Lucian Pemjean, Margaret Love Sangerson, Charles George Souli, Gordon Stuart, Elliot Whitney, John Wycliffe
[1] Occupation Short story writer, novelist Nationality Canadian, American Genre
Historical fiction
Adventure ,
Science fiction ,
Fantasy
Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (April 29, 1887 – May 6, 1949) was a Canadian-American
historical ,
adventure
fantasy ,
science fiction ,
crime and
Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.
Biography
Bedford-Jones was born in
Napanee ,
Ontario , Canada in 1887. His family moved to the United States when he was a teenager and he eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
[2] After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer
William Wallace Cook , Bedford-Jones began writing
dime novels and
pulp magazine stories.
[3] Bedford-Jones was an enormously prolific writer; the pulp editor
Harold Hersey once recalled meeting Bedford-Jones in Paris, where he was working on two novels simultaneously, each story on its own separate typewriter.
[3] Bedford-Jones cited
Alexandre Dumas as his main influence, and wrote a sequel to Dumas'
The Three Musketeers , D'Artagnan (1928).
[4] He wrote nearly 200 novels, 400 novelettes, and 800 short stories, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of
pulp magazines . Bedford-Jones' main publisher was
Blue Book magazine; he also appeared in
Adventure ,
All-Story Weekly ,
Argosy ,
Short Stories ,
Top-Notch Magazine , The Magic Carpet/
Oriental Stories ,
Golden Fleece Historical Adventure , Ace-High Magazine , People's Story Magazine , Hutchinson's Adventure-Story Magazine ,
Detective Fiction Weekly ,
Western Story Magazine , and
Weird Tales .
Bedford-Jones wrote numerous works of historical fiction dealing with several different eras, including
Ancient Rome , the
Viking era, seventeenth century France and Canada during the "
New France " era.
[3] Bedford-Jones produced several fantasy novels revolving around
Lost Worlds , including
The Temple of the Ten (1921, with W. C. Robertson).
[3]
In addition to writing fiction, Bedford-Jones also worked as a journalist for the
Boston Globe , and wrote poetry.
[3] Bedford-Jones was a friend of
Erle Stanley Gardner ,
Vincent Starrett ,
[5]
[6] and
Lemuel de Bra .
[7]
Works
partial list
Blood Royal (People's , 1914)
John Solomon, Supercargo (Argosy , 1914) John Solomon #2
Solomon's Quest (People's , 1915) John Solomon #3
Gentleman Solomon (People's , 1915) John Solomon #4
The Seal of John Solomon (Argosy , 1915) John Solomon #5
Solomon's Carpet (Argosy , 1915) John Solomon #6
The Shawl of Solomon (People's , 1917) John Solomon #9
John Solomon, Retired (People's , 1917) John Solomon #11
Sword Flame (All Story Weekly , 1918)
The Ship of Shadows (Blue Book , February 1920)
Arizona Argonauts (Short Stories , 1920)
The Temple of the Ten (with W. C. Robertson, Adventure 1921, book form 1973)
John Solomon (People's , 1921) John Solomon #13
John Solomon, Incognito (People's , 1921) John Solomon #14
Down the Coast of Barbary (Argosy , 1921)
The Shadow (1922)
Pirates' Gold (Adventures 1922)
Splendour of the Gods (1924)
The Star Woman (1924)
The Cruise of the Pelican , (1924)
The King's Passport (1925)
D'Artagnan (Adventure , 1928)
The Wizard of Atlas (1928)
John Barry , New York : Creative Age Press Inc., [1947]
The Opium Ship (2005) originally in
The Thrill Book in 1919
The House of Skulls and other Tales from the Pulps (2006)
Blood Royal (2008)
Pirates' Gold (2008)
The Golden Goshawk (2009) Captain Dan Marquad series
The Master of Dragons (2011) O'Neill and Burkett series
The Rajah from Hell (2012)
The Saga of Thady Shea (2013)
Wilderness Trail (2013) originally in Blue Book in 1915
The Sphinx Emerald (2014)
The Devil's Bosun (2015)
Treasure Seekers (2015)
Gimlet-Eye Gunn (2016)
Our Far-Flung Battle Line (2017)
Warriors in Exile (2017)
They Lived by the Sword (2017)
The Beginning of Air Mail (2018)
Ships and Men (2019)
Young Kit Carson (2019)
The Second Mate (2020)
Non-fiction
This Fiction Business (1922, revised 1929)
The Graduate Fictioneer (1932)
Money Brawl: How to Write for Money and This Fiction Business (with
Jack Woodford ; introduction by
Richard A. Lupoff 2012)
Gallery
References
^ Ashley, Michael (1978). Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction . Elm tree Books. p. 30. ISB0-241-89528-6.
^
Clute, John ;
Nicholls, Peter (1995).
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . New York:
St. Martin's Griffin . pp. 101–102.
ISBN
0-312-13486-X .
^
a
b
c
d
e
Mike Ashley , "Bedford Jones, H(enry James O'Brien)", in St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers , edited by
David Pringle , St. James Press, 1996,
ISBN
1-55862-205-5 , p. 51-3.
^ Bernard A. Drew, Literary afterlife: the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters . McFarland, 2010,
ISBN
0-7864-4179-8 (pp. 43-44).
^
H. Bedford-Jones: "King of the Pulps" by Peter Ruber
Archived January 12, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Vincent Starrett, Born in a bookshop; chapters from the Chicago Renascence." Norman, University of Oklahoma Press,1965.
^ "The Government Agent in Fiction by Lemuel L. de Bra, Former Government Agent", Story World and Photodramatist , vol. 5, Issues 1-5 (1923), pp. 51–53
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