Conway Evans

Very little confirmed biographical information about Conway Evans is readily available online, but Evans is credited as the author of An Account of Our Arresting Experiences. Project Gutenberg lists Evans under that name and identifies the book as a firsthand narrative and autobiographical account.

The book was privately printed in 1914 in a limited edition, and its story follows Evans and two companions, Lyra Nickerson and Katherine Schermerhorn, as they travel through Europe just as war tensions erupt. The narrative traces their growing difficulties in Germany and their eventual escape into neutral Holland.

What stands out most is the tone: observant, witty, and calm under pressure. Even with so few biographical details preserved, Evans comes across on the page as a clear-eyed travel writer and memoirist with a gift for finding both suspense and humor in unsettling circumstances.