Background
Pendexter, Hugh was born on January 15, 1875 in Pittsfield, Maine, United States. Son of George Jefferson and Clara B. (Watson) Pendexter.
Pendexter, Hugh was born on January 15, 1875 in Pittsfield, Maine, United States. Son of George Jefferson and Clara B. (Watson) Pendexter.
Graduate Nicholl’s Latin School, Lewiston, Maine, 1896. Honorary Master of Arts, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1933.
Pendexter began his career as a humorous writer Some of this early work was anthologised in Mark Twain"s book, Library of Humor and Wit. Pendexter"s main body of fiction consisted of historical novels and Westerns for such publications as Adventure and Argosy.
Pendexter was known for his detailed research when writing fiction.
His stories were "often accompanied with extensive reading lists of the books that were used in writing the story". Pendexter"s novel, Kings of the Missouri, about fur trading and the founding of Saint Louis, is regarded by some critics as his best work.
Foreign much of his life, Pendexter lived in Norway, Maine.
Mason.
Married Helen M. Faunce, 1897. Children: Hugh, Faunce.