WHITE, Stewart Edward

WHITE, Stewart Edward
(1873-1946)
   US writer of travel books and novels, many of the latter being historical tales set in California. In his later years he became interested in Spiritualism, believed he was in contact with his dead wife, and wrote some books about the other world, including The Unobstructed Universe (1940) and 2 sequels. His sf novels are The Mystery (1907) withSamuel Hopkins ADAMS, a complicated tale involving an abandoned ship on the high seas, and the mysterious "celestium" which the mutineers who have stolen it do not know has the effect of making anyone nearby jump into the sea; and its sequel, The Sign at Six (1910 Popular Magazine as "The City of Dread"; 1912), by SEW alone, in which the investigative protagonist of the previous book uncovers a mad SCIENTIST who threatens to freeze New York City with his "nullifier".
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