"Obituaries Missed Wonderful Story Of Jim Hendryx"

I started to put together a page about the Halfaday author and in doing so, sought out his obituary.

They were shockingly lame. A small paragraph buried well into the newspapers providing few details aside from date of death (March 1st, 1963), location (Traverse City, Michigan) and that he wrote numerous books and short stories. 

I eventually found the article below in the March 13th, 1963, Detroit Free Press. John C. Manning did not know Mr. Hendryx well but Hendryx did make an impression on him and so Manning went out looking for anecdotes and prepared a far more fitting tribute. Read on.

Arizona Republic Article, June 22nd, 1941

This is only a portion of an article about the Halfaday Creek series in general and Law And Order on Halfaday Creek in particular. I found it provided a good description of the tone of the series and of the various aspects of Black John's character that make him interesting and endearing for those, like me, who might be new to the series. Its writer was one Harvey L. Mott.