The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index
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- Parkhill, Forbes (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)
- Born and lived in Denver; died in San Diego.
- Parkhurst, H(arry) L(emon) V(ictor) (1876-1962) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpartists.com/Parkhurst.html
- Parks, Mary (1910-1997) (items) (chron.)
- See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/mary-parks
- Pate, Roberta M. (1895-1969) (items) (chron.)
- See www.newspapers.com/article/times-record-news-obituary-for-roberta-m/144408012/
- Patenaude, Roland (Joseph) (1912-1989) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpartists.com/Patenaude.html
- Paterson, J(ames) Phillips (1877-1948) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/j-phillips-paterson.html
- Patmore, Coventry (Kersey Dighton) (1823-1896) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Patmore
- Patten, Lewis B(yford) (1915-1981) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten
- Patten, William George (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)
- Author of numerous “Frank Merriwell” novels under the pseudonym “Burt L. Standish.” Born in Corinna, Maine; died in Vista, California. Note: Patten was born William George Patten and is carried that way in some bibliographies.
- Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)
- See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533
- Pattullo, George (Robson, II) (1879-1967) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pattullo_(writer)
- Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)
- Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.
- Payne, John (1912-1989) (items)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(actor)
- Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)
- Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).
- Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)
- Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.
- Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.
- Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)
- Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.
- Pearsall, Robert J(ames) (1885-1948) (items) (chron.)
- See www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-obituary-for-robert-jam/153855854
- Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse
- Pearsol, John G(ilmore) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.
- Pearsol, Zella (Irene) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)
- Wife of John G. Pearsol.
- Peddie, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Hutchison Peddie] (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html
- Peeples, Samuel A(nthony) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Peeples
- Peil, Paul L(eslie) (1912-1979) (items) (chron.)
- See www.imdb.com/name/nm0670527
- Peixotto, Irma (Maduro) (1881-1964) (items) (chron.)
- See www.askart.com/artist/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto/133926/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto.aspx
- Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dudley_Pelley
- Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pemberton_max
- Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html
- Periconi, Domingo F(rancesco Mario) (1883-1940) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpartists.com/Periconi.html
- Perkins, Anthony (1932-1992) (items)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Perkins
- Perkins, Kenneth (Taylor) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.)
- See oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b28311
- Perrins, Glen (1902-1988) (items) (chron.)
- See www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-obituary-for-glen/146147027
- Perry, Clay; [i.e., Clair Willard Perry] (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)
- Author, editor, journalist, expert on paper. Born in Badger (some sources say Waupaca) Wisconsin; died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
- Perry, Oliver Hazard (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)
- Presumably one of the many descendants of the American Naval Officer (1785-1819).
- Perry, Ralph R. (1895-?) (items) (chron.)
- Naval man and traveller; not to be confused with Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957).
- Petaja, Emil (Theodore) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/petaja_emil
- Petersen, Herman (1893-1973) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Utica, N.Y.; writer for the pulps; worked for Utica newspapers; was a postmaster in Poolville, N.Y.
- Peterson, West F.; [i.e., Wesley Frank Peterson] (1907-1981) (items)
- See geneseo.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011836-12312020&e=wesley f peterson&m=between&ord=e1&fn=geneseo_republic_usa_illinois_geneseo_19810501_english_9&df=1&dt=5
- Pettee, F(lorence) M(ae) (1885-1966) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Spencer, Massachusetts; died in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
- Pettigrew, Homer (1915-1997) (items) (chron.)
- See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/steer-wrestling/homer-pettigrew/
- Pfalser, Ivan L(ewis) (1930-2014) (items) (chron.)
- See www.pottsfuneralhome.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=52494&locid=90
- Pfeifer, Pat(sy Mae) (1932-1987) (items) (chron.)
- See www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-pat-pfeifer/157293997/
- Phares, (Oscar) Ross (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)
- See www.findagrave.com/memorial/235005860/oscar-ross-phares
- Phillips, Ernie; [i.e., Ernest Allen Phillips] (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)
- See www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-ernie-phillips/153831220/
- Phillips, Henry Wallace (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)
- See buddiesinthesaddle.blogspot.com/2011/05/henry-wallace-phillips-red-saunders.html
- Phillips, John Randolph (1904-1993) (items) (chron.)
- See scottsvillemuseum.com/portraits/homeKM209acdKM09.html
- Phillips, Michael J(ames) (1876-?) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/phillips_michael_j
- Phillips, Roland (Ashford) (1884-1969) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/phillips_roland_ashford
- Phillips, Ron Earl (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
- See www.ronearlphillips.com
- Phin; pseudonym of Ernest Thayer (1863-1940) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thayer
- Pierce, Frank(lin) Richardson (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)
- Writer. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts; died in Washington (?).
- Pink, [Rev.] Harry Leigh “Hal” (1906-1973) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/hal-pink.html
- Pinkerton, Kathrene (Gedney) (1887-1967) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html
- Pinkerton, Robert E(ugene) (1882-1970) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html
- Pitt, Chart(ly Artell) (1878-1966) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Portage County, Wisconsin; contributed short stories, novelettes and verse to many newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. and abroad; member of Washington State legislature; died in Mukito, Washington.
- Pitt, Stanley (John Joseph) (1925-2002) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt
- Pitt, William (?-1840) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_(ship-builder)
- Pitts, Tom (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
- See www.tompittsauthor.com
- Pitzer, R(obert) C(laiborne) (1879-1962) (items) (chron.)
- See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38922516
- Pladwell, E(dgar) S(pencer) (1884-1964) (items) (chron.)
- Journalist and writer. Probably born in Oregon (one source says Brooklyn, New York); lived in Oakland, California.
- Plaisted, (Charles) Max(well) (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)
- See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html
- Plimmer, Denis (1914-1981) (items) (chron.)
- See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/09/denis-plimmer-1914-1981-part-one.html
- Poate, Ernest M(arsh) (1884-1935) (items) (chron.)
- Born on a ship in the Indian Ocean; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina; psychiatrist, attorney and author.
- Poe, Dupree (1902-1965) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Texas, convicted of slaying marshal, served 31 year jail sentence in Oregon. Died in a car accident.
- Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
- Pollock, Frank Lillie (1876-1957) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pollock_frank_lillie
- Poole, Reginald Heber (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.
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