James W. Raab was born and educated in Reading, Pennsylvania. He served during World War II and graduated from Albright College with a B.S. in economics. A sales representative for Prentice Hall publishing company for 22 years, Raab also worked as a circus booking agent for 20 years. Raab and his wife, Doris, of St. Augustine, Florida, are the parents of Anne and Thomas. Raab has authored “W. W. Loring – Florida’s Forgotten General”; “J. Patton Anderson, Confederate General”; “Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman”; “Spain, Britain and the American Revolution in Florida, 1763–1783”; “Daredevil Balloonist W. H. Donaldson, 1840–1875,” and “Deliverance from Evil: General Francis Asbury Shoup, C.S.A.” which is also available as an ebook.