title: The Tamerlane Trap: The Third Adventure from the Biblio Files
author: Ralph Raab
description: Ralph Raab began his writing career at the age of 10, when his teachers made him write things 100 times after school. He's been writing his way into and out of trouble ever since. A teacher of music, computers, and study skills for over 20 years, Ralph lives with his wife, daughters, and an annoying parrot in a town in New Jersey that closely resembles Bleakhouse. He looks just like his author photo, but somewhat fatter and very, very much older. Ralph is currently at work on two books-one for children and one for adults.
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  # The Captain of the Kansas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Louis Tracy
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER I. ITEMS NOT IN THE MANIFEST](capk_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. WHEREIN THE CAPTAIN KEEPS TO HIS OWN
  
  
  QUARTERS
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. WHEREIN THE CAPTAIN REAPPEARS](capk_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. ELSIE GOES ON DECK](capk_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. THE KANSAS SUSTAINS A CHECK—](capk_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. —BUT GOES ON AGAIN INTO THE UNKNOWN](capk_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. UNTIL THE DAWN](capk_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. IN A WILD HAVEN](capk_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. A PROFESSOR OF WITCHCRAFT](capk_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. “MISSING AT LLOYD'S”](capk_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. CONFIDENCES](capk_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII. ENLIGHTENMENT](capk_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII. THE FIG