James Slough Zerbe

• Lifespan: Ancestry.com records indicate a James Slough Zerbe born in 1849 in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania and deceased in 1921.
• Authorship:
  • His books on Amazon primarily include:
    • Aeroplanes (public domain)
    • Electricity for Boys (availability unclear)
  • Project Gutenberg lists him as the author of the public domain e-book Aeroplanes.
  • Wikipedia mentions him as the designer of the Zerbe Sextuplane, suggesting he might have written about aviation or engineering besides fiction.

Beyond these details, there's limited information available online about James Slough Zerbe's life, background, or other works.

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