author
John Graham Bower
1886–1940
A Royal Navy officer who turned his wartime experience into vivid writing, he is best remembered for books and verse about submarines, patrol duty, and life at sea. His work carries the feel of someone who knew naval service from the inside.
3 Audiobooks
H.M.S. ----
by John Graham Bower
On Patrol
by John Graham Bower
The Story of Our Submarines
by John Graham Bower
About the author
Born in Wynberg, South Africa, in 1886, John Graham Bower served in the Royal Navy and was also noted as an early aviator. He wrote both fiction and nonfiction, sometimes using the pseudonym Klaxon, and brought a sailor's firsthand perspective to his books.
His best-known works include The Story of Our Submarines, On Patrol, and H.M.S. ----. Much of his writing draws on naval life and the First World War, combining plainspoken explanation with the atmosphere of duty, danger, and comradeship at sea.
Bower later married children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd in 1932, and he was the father of Ursula Graham Bower, who became well known in her own right. He died in 1940.