Harold Bindloss

(1866-1945)

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   Among the anomalies produced during the Edwardian period, few are more remarkable than Harold Bindloss.  Little is known concerning his personal life and character.  Who was he?  Well, he was an Englishman who wrote some bloody good westerns.  After traveling about Africa and other British colonies, Bindloss located to western Canada, where he absorbed the local coloring which later entered into many of his best novels.  In 1896, he settled into a journalistic career, and, after a breakdown in health, began writing fiction.  His stories chiefly concern frontier life around the turn of the century.  After his almost immediate success, he moved to Cumberland, in the north of England, and dedicated the remainder of his life to writing.  His principal novels produced during the Edwardian period are The Concession Hunters (1902), Alton of Somasko (1905), and The Gold Trail (1910).  His prose is natural and flowing, if overly formal at times, and his novels generally full of action and high dramatic touches.   He wrote steadily until the time of his death, producing over 100 novels-- sometimes as many as two or three per year. 

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Bibliography:

            Niger Country [1898]
A Wide Dominion [1900]
Ainslie's Ju-Ju [f|1900]
A Sower Of Wheat [f|1901]
Sunshine And Snow [f|1902]
The Concession-Hunters [f|1902]
The Mistress Of Bonaventure [f|1903]
His Master Purpose [f|1903]
Daventry's Daughter [f|1904]
The League Of The Leopard [f|1904]
True Grit (US: Young Traders) [f|1904]
The Imposter [f|1905]
In The Misty Seas [f|1905]
14261 Alton Of Somasco [f|1905]
Beneath Her Station [f|1906]
A Damaged Reputation [f|1906]
The Cattle-Baron's Daughter [f|1906]
The Dust Of Conflict [f|1907]
His Lady's Pleasure [f|1907]
The Dust Of Conflict [f|1907]
Delilah Of The Snows [f|1907]
By Right Of Purchase [f|1908]
Long Odds [f|1908]
For Jacinta [f|1908]
Thrice Armed [f|1908]
The Liberationist [f|1908]
14763 Winston Of The Prairie [f|1908]
The Liberationist [f|1908]
A Sower Of Wheat [f|1908]
The Greater Power [f|1909]
Lorimer Of The Northwest [f|1909]
The Opium Smuggler [f|1910]
Thurston Of Orchard Valley [f|1910]
Rancher Carteret (US: Sydney Carteret, Rancher) [f|1910]
The Gold Trail [f|1910]
The Boy Ranchers Of Puget Sound [f|1910]
Hawtrey's Deputy (US: Masters Of The Wheat Lands) [f|1911]
9778 The Protector (US: Vane Of The Timberlands) [f|1911]
The Pioneer (US: The Long Portage) [f|1912]
14698 The Trustee (US: Ranching For Sylvia) [f|1912]
The Wastrel (US: Prescott Of Saskatchewan) [f|1913]
(For) The Allinson Honour [f|1913]
The Secret Of The Reef [f|1914]
Blake's Burden [f|1914]
The Secret Of The Reef [f|1914]
14406 The Intriguers [f|1914]
Alison's Adventure (US: A Prairie Courtship) [f|1917]
A Risky Game (US: The Coast Of Adventure) [f|1915]
Harding Of Allenwood [f|1915]
The Intruder [f|1915]
The Borderer (US: Johnstone Of The Border) [f|1916]
3663 Sadie's Conquest (US: The Girl From Keller's) [f|1917]
Crossthwaite Of Banisdale [f|1917]
14361 Carmen's Messenger [f|1917]
14234 Agatha's Fortune (US: The Lure Of The North) [f|1917]
10930 Askew's Victory (US: The Bucaneer Farmer) [f|1918]
Wyndham's Partner (US: Wyndham's Pal) [f|1919]
Dearham's Inheritance [f|1919]
Partners Of The Out-Trail [f|1919]
The Wilderness Mine [f|1920]
Stayward's Vindication [f|1920]
10076 The Head Of The House (US: Lister's Great Adventure) [f|1921]
The Man From The Wilds [f|1921]
Musgrave's Luck (US: Kit Musgrave's Luck) [f|1921]
The Mountaineers (US: Northwest!) [f|1922]
The Bush Rancher [1923]
The Wilderness Patrol [1923]
The Keystone Block [f|1923]
The Boys Of Wildcat Ranch [f|1924]
The Lute Player (US: Carson Of Red River) [f|1924]
Andrew's Folly (US: Green Timber) [f|1924]
A Debt Of Honour (US: Cross Trails) [f|1925]
The Broken Net (US: Prairie Gold) [f|1925]
Helen The Conqueror (US: Pine Creek Ranch) [f|1926]
Sour Grapes (US: The Broken Trail) [f|1926]
Footsteps (US: The Ghost Of Hemlock Canyon) [f|1927]
The Dark Road [f|1927]
Halford's Adventure (US: Mystery Reef) [f|1928]
The Firm Hand (US: The Lone Hand) [f|1928]
The Harder Way (US: Larry Of Lonesome Lake) [f|1929]
The Frontiersmen [f|1929]
A Moorside Feud (US: Rancher Jim) [f|1930]
Harden's Escapade (US: The Man At Willow Ranch) [f|1930]
The Lean Years (US: Prairie Patrol) [f|1931]
Carter's Triumph (US: The Border Trail) [f|1931]
Jungle Gold [f|1932]
Right Of Way [f|1932]
The Loser Pays [f|1933]
The Stain Of The Forge [f|1933]
Fenwick's Trail [f|1933]
Sonalta Gold (US: Valley Gold) [f|1934]
The Lady Of The Plain (US: Sweetwater Ranch) [f|1935]
Fellside Folk [f|1937]
Posted Missing [f|1938]
Valeria Goes West [f|1939]
What's Mine I Hold! [f|1940]
The Call Of The Soil [f|1941]
The Secret Of The Scree [f|1942]
Caverhills [f|1943]
The Laird O' Borrans [f|1945]
Richardsons Of The Forge [f|1946]
 

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