Ridgwell Cullum

Ridgwell Cullum
Born	Sidney Groves Burghard 13 August 1867 London
Died	3 November 1943 (aged 76) Newton Abbot, Devon
Nationality	British
Occupation	Writer

Ridgwell Cullum (pseudonym of Sidney Groves Burghard) (13 August 1867 – 3 November 1943) was a British writer who wrote a large number of adventure novels over more than 30 years, usually set in sparsely populated regions of the USA or Canada.

He left home aged 17 to join a gold rush in the Transvaal in South Africa, where he became involved in the conflict between British and Boer settlers; he travelled to the scene of another gold rush in Yukon in north-west Canada; he spent a few years cattle-ranching in Montana, USA.

His first novel The Devil's Keg, set in Alberta, Canada, was published in 1903. After its success he settled in Britain and became a full-time writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Works

• The Devil's Keg (US: The Story Of The Foss River Ranch) (1903)
• The Hound From The North (1904)
• In the Brooding Wild (1905)
• The Night Riders (1906) - made into a film (1920)
• The Watchers Of The Plains (1908)
• The Compact (1909)
• The Sherriff Of Dyke Hole (1909)
• The Trail Of The Axe (1910) - made into a film (1922), featuring Dustin Farnum and George Fisher
• The One-Way Trail (1911)
• The Twins Of Suffering Creek (1912) - made into a film The Man Who Won (1923), directed by William A. Wellman and featuring Dustin Farnum, Jacqueline Gadsden and Lloyd Whitlock
• The Golden Woman (1913)
• The Way Of The Strong (1914) - made into a film (1919), directed by Edwin Carewe and featuring Anna Q. Nilsson, Joe King and Harry Northrup
• The Law-Breakers (1914)
• The Son Of His Father (1915) - made into a film (1917) directed by Victor Schertzinger and featuring Charles Ray, Vola Vale and Robert McKim
• The Men Who Wrought (1916)
• The Triumph Of John Kars (1917)
• The Purchase Price (US: The Forfeit) (1917) - made into a film The Forfeit (1919), directed by Frank Powell and featuring House Peters, Sr.
• The Law Of The Gun (1918)
• The Heart Of Unaga (1920)
• The Man In The Twilight (1922)
• The Luck Of The Kid (1923)
• The Saint Of The Speedway (1924)
• The Riddle Of Three-Way Creek (1925)
• The Candy Man (US: Child Of The North) (1926)
• The Wolf Pack (1927)
• The Mystery Of The Barren Lands (1928)
• The Tiger Of Cloud River (1929)
• The Treasure Of Big Waters (1930)
• The Bull Moose (1931)
• Sheets In The Wind (1932)
• The Flaming Wildness (1934)
• The Vampire Of N'Gobi (1935)
• One Who Kills (1938)

References

• Edwardian Review: Authors of the Edwardian period (Angelfire website) (biography and bibliography)
• Public Bookshelf entry
• Fantastic Fiction entry (biography and bibliography)

External links

• Works by Ridgwell Cullum at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Ridgwell Cullum at Internet Archive
• Works by Ridgwell Cullum at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Entry for Ridgwell Cullum in IMDB