Arthur Murray Chisholm
Born(1871-07-23)July 23, 1871[1]
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 24, 1960(1960-01-24) (aged 88)
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada[2]
Resting placeWindermere, British Columbia
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
GenreWestern fiction
Northern fiction
Spouse
Ethel May Stoddart
(m. 1897; died 1958)
[3]

Arthur Murray "A.M." Chisholm (July 23, 1871 January 24, 1960), also known as Bob Chisholm later in life,[4] was an author of Western fiction. He was the son of Daniel Black Chisholm and Cynthia Adelaide (Adeline) Davis.[5][6] He settled in Windermere, British Columbia in 1907, where he also served as government agent, coroner, police magistrate, and Justice of the Peace.[4]

Chisholm wrote many Western and Northern novels between 1906 and 1932, which were released by several publishers in the US and by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK.[7] He was also a contributor to the pulp magazine The Popular Magazine for 20 years, until Street & Smith decided in 1930 to "cut out the old writers and get down to material of speedier, cheaper quality."[8]

Works

  • Chisholm, Arthur (1911). The Boss of Wind River. Illustrated by Frank Tenney Johnson. Doubleday, Page & Company.
  • (1913). Precious Waters. illustrated by Clarence Rowe. Doubleday, Page & Company. (Also known as Desert Conquest.)
  • (1919). The Land of Strong Men. Illustrated by Frank Tenney Johnson. A. L. Burt.
  • (1924). When Stuart Came To Sitkum. Chelsea House.

References

  1. Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913.
  2. "Death certificate: Chisholm, Arthur Murray". royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. BC Archives. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. "Death certificate: Chisholm, Ethel May". royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. BC Archives. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Windermere Historical Tour" (PDF). windermerevalleymuseum.ca. Invermere: Windermere District Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. "A.M. Chisholm - Author, Lawyer, Judge, Coroner". pulpflakes.blogspot.ca. Pulp Flakes. October 4, 2013.
  6. Cook, Sharon Anne (1998). "Davis, Adeline". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  7. "Lake Windermere Notes". Cranbrook Herald. February 18, 1926. p. 7.
  8. Keller, Betty C. (2000). Pender Harbour Cowboy: The Many Lives of Bertrand Sinclair. Victoria, BC: TouchWood Editions. pp. 179–180. ISBN 0-920663-72-9.


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