Books with author Robert J. Morgan

Morgan Robertson (1861-1915) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the possible inventor of the periscope. Nowadays he is best known for the short fictional novel The Wreck of the Titan; or, Futility, first published in 1898. This story features an enormous British passenger liner called the Titan, which, deemed to be unsinkable, carries insufficient lifeboats. On a voyage in the month of April, the Titan hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of almost everyone on board. The similarities between the fictional sinking of the Titan and the real-life sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 attract attention even today. In 1905 Robertson's book The Submarine Destroyer was released. It described a submarine that used a device called a periscope. When the story was first published, officials of the Holland Submarine Company sent for Robertson and asked him whether he considered the idea of a periscope to be practical. In response, Robertson showed the officials a model of one that he claimed to have already patented. Officials of the company were so impressed that they purchased the invention for $50,000.

No ordinary children’s book, Lola Mazola’s Happyland Adventure gives parents a very special do-it-yourself way of leading kids to Christ through the doorway of John 3:16. The adorable title character learns the meaning and truth of John 3:16 in relation to her desperate desire to visit the Happyland theme park. Who wouldn’t want to go? Happyland boasts sixty rides, twenty shows, three hotels, two lakes, a water park, and a zoo! After the story, a suggested prayer guides children to receive Christ’s promise of salvation and everlasting life, while Lola invites them to sign and date a commemorative certificate, cementing this special moment in their memories. Best-selling author Robert J. Morgan has told this story to children for years and personally witnessed hundreds of them in turn express faith in Jesus.