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Blown to Bits or the Lonely Man of Rakata, Classics To Go

Written for a juvenile audience when it appeared in 1889 but it is a detailed account of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano and its effects on nearby Java, with a human interest story added to keep it from being dry. (Goodreads)

R. M. Ballantyne

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. (Wikipedia)

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