Reginald Campbell (1894–1950) was a British writer and Naval officer in WWI, then an assistant forest manager in Siam in the 1920s.
He describes life as an assistant forest manager with its dangers from disease and wild animals while logging teak with elephants.
The character of Tubby Kenson is a bumbling teak wallah may be based partly on Fred Murison, to whom Campbell inscribed a copy of the book in December, 1934.
[2] Other works include "Cruiser In Action" about his Naval experiences, and "Fear in the Forest," a jungle adventure.
The Key " n o 41 Published in France for the first time in 1956; Paris, Brussels, Editions de l'Amitié, collection "Happy Hours" Nature n o 103; translated by Germaine Guillemot-Magitot, illustrations by R. Dallet; 208 p. Reissue in 1978, Paris: Gallimard, collection Folio junior, translated by Mr. Guillemot-Magitot, illustrations by Bernard Héron, 189 p.