Southon, Arthur E
Entry updated 15 June 2020. Tagged: Author.
(1887-1964) UK minister and author, much of his fiction being adventure tales set in Africa. They include A Yellow Napoleon: A Romance of West Africa (1923), which describes an attempted insurrection in the immediate Near Future; and Jackson's Ju-Ju (1927; vt The God of Gold: A Tale of the West African Coast 1927), a Lost Race novel. [JC]
Reverend Arthur Eustace Southon
born London: 16 February 1887
died Bristol, England: 30 December 1964
works (highly selected)
- A Yellow Napoleon: A Romance of West Africa (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923) [hb/]
- Jackson's Ju-Ju (London: Sheldon Press, 1927) [hb/G W Goss]
- The God of Gold: A Tale of the West African Coast (New York: Fleming H Revell Company, 1927) [hb/]
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