Raabe, H E
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1858-? ) US ship captain and author, who in his former role as captain was advised by a crew member (Jack London) to take up writing; his Krakatoa, Hand of the Gods (1930), hints of the involvement of a Lost Race in the apocalyptic volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1888. Raabe had himself traded in the South Seas. [JC]
Captain H E Raabe
born 1858
works
- Krakatoa, Hand of the Gods (New York: Brewer and Warren Inc, 1930) [hb/uncredited]
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