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Frank Coutts Hendry OBE, MC (1875–1955) served in the Indian Army Reserve, Merchant Navy, Rangoon Pilot Service, was an Indian Army officer, and author.[1][2] His Military Cross is in the Royal Museums Greenwich collections.[1] Several of his books were published by William Blackwood's Blackwood's Magazine and William Blackwood & Sons. He used the pseudonym Shalimar.[3] Hendry was an influence on Courtenay Latiner.[4]

Hendry wrote from his own experiences.[5] His time at sea included on Singapore ships.[6] Hendry eventually retired to an area in the north of Scotland to focus on writing.[5]

Bibliography[]

  • A Windjammer's Half Deck[7]
  • The Ocean Tramp
  • Land and Sea
  • From all the seas (1933)[8]
  • Down to the Sea (1937)[9][10]
  • From the Log Book of Memory
  • True tales of sail and steam
  • Sail Ho!
  • The Yomah-and after
  • En havets demon
  • Deep seas and shoal rivers
  • The peaceful wanderer[11]
  • From the log-book of memory (1950),[12] an autobiography
  • Around the horn and home again: and other tales (1929)[13]
  • Through the gap, short story[14]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Military Cross - National Maritime Museum". https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/41602.html. 
  2. Fforde, Desmond (December 20, 2012). A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781681467061. https://books.google.com/?id=ZnouCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT3&dq=%22frank+hendry%22+shalimar#v=onepage&q=%22frank+hendry%22+shalimar&f=false. 
  3. Carty, T. J. (December 3, 2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. ISBN 9781135955786. https://books.google.com/?id=qQoeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=frank+coutts+hendry#v=onepage&q=frank+coutts+hendry&f=false. 
  4. Latimer, Courtenay (November 4, 2005). Creeping Up on Auckland. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781461744283. https://books.google.com/?id=zCxfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar#v=onepage&q=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar&f=false. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sparks, Jared; Everett, Edward; Lowell, James Russell; Lodge, Henry Cabot (February 10, 1931). "The North American Review". University of Northern Iowa. https://books.google.com/?id=g1AQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar&dq=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar. 
  6. "The Nautical Magazine". February 10, 1950. https://books.google.com/?id=Fz3VAAAAMAAJ&q=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar&dq=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar. 
  7. Hendry, Frank Coutts (February 10, 1940). "A windjammer's half-deck". Penguin books. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_windjammer_s_half_deck.html?id=t2ZTAAAAYAAJ. 
  8. "From All the Seas, by Shalimar (f.c. Hendry).". William blackwood. February 10, 1933. https://books.google.com/?id=dRPiYgEACAAJ&dq=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar. 
  9. Milne, Graeme J. (2016-08-24). People, Place and Power on the Nineteenth-Century Waterfront. ISBN 9783319331591. https://books.google.com/books/about/People_Place_and_Power_on_the_Nineteenth.html?id=UJXlDAAAQBAJ. 
  10. Spectre, Peter H. (February 10, 2005). A Mariner's Miscellany. Sheridan House, Inc.. ISBN 9781574091953. https://books.google.com/?id=OZgFgdMyZGEC&pg=PA83&dq=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar#v=onepage&q=%22f.c.+hendry%22+shalimar&f=false. 
  11. Hendry, Frank Coutts (February 10, 1938). "The Peaceful Wanderer, By Shalimar (F.C. Hendry).". https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Peaceful_Wanderer_By_Shalimar_F_C_He.html?id=Pl9GcgAACAAJ. 
  12. Matthews, William (January 1, 1984). British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520053571. https://books.google.com/?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=frank+coutts+hendry#v=onepage&q=frank+coutts+hendry&f=false. 
  13. "Around the Horn and Home Again". https://books.google.com/books/about/Around_the_Horn_and_Home_Again.html?id=vj8NAQAAIAAJ. 
  14. "A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories". https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Seaman_s_Book_of_Sea_Stories.html?id=ZnouCwAAQBAJ. 
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