The Captain of the Kansas

Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century. Among his most famous works are: The Invaders (1901), The Wooing of Esther Gray (1902), The Wings of the Morning (1903), The Stowmarket Mystery; or, A Legacy of Hate (1904), The King of Diamonds (1904), The Albert Gate Mystery (1904), Heart's Delight (1906), The Wheel O' Fortune (1907), The Captain of the Kansas (1907), The Red Year (1908), One Wonderful Night (1912), The Stowaway Girl (1912), Number Seventeen (1915) and The Postmaster's Daughter (1916).