Willard Hallam Bonner
Biographic Data
| ID | 706346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willard Hallam Bonner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willard Hallam |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonner |
| SIGNATURE | BONNER W H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Harp on the Shore: Thoreau and the Sea
Captain Thoreau: Gubernator to a Piece of Wood
SAILING across the flooded Concord meadows where he had walked dry-shod the day before, Henry David Thoreau exulted in the wind waves. sail with a smacking breeze today, he entered in his Journal, and I fancy that I am a sailor on the ocean. It is an advantage that all towns do not possess. (Journal, vI, 229)1 That was in May of 1854, fifteen years after the famous excursion on the Concord Merrimac rivers. His records comments on sailing, of one …
Mariners and Terreners: Some Aspects of Nautical Imagery in Thoreau
Q UR IMAGE OF THOREAU as the isolate of Walden Pond, the huckleberry picker, the skater, and the voyager on two now-famous rivers has obscured the fact that he was constantly aware of his closeness to the sea, and that the sea made an important contribution to his writing and thinking. He visited the seashore often, both incidentally and deliberately. Indeed, he went to the ocean more often than to any other place which from his point of view was…
Treasure-Trove, Pirates' Gold
Pirate-Laureate: The Life and Legends of Captain Kidd
Pirate Laureate: The Life and Legends of Captain Kidd
The Flying Dutchman of the Western World
"Clamors and False Stories" the Reputation of Captain Kidd
C APTAIN KIDD was one of earliest legendary characters in North America. Widely known as a reputable and dependable sea captain who served Crown faithfully, he suddenly became symbol of all that we romantically attach to name pirate. Yet his piracies were never clearly proved in his day and cannot be today. His story involves political warfare both in London and New York, in vortex of which he was sucked down. His backers in great exploit of his …
The Ballad of Captain Kidd
THE NEW YORK sea captain and pirate, William Kidd, was hanged at Execution Dock, London, at low tide on the afternoon of May 23, I70I. The proceedings against him had been long and notorious. The actions for which he was tried had been still more notorious-one involving murder and five, piracy. His career had been brief, brilliant in the beginning and catastrophic at the end. The general excitement at the time of his execution and all during his …
Captain William Dampier
Odds against the Ad Man
Odds against the Ad Man
Captain William Dampier
"Clamors and False Stories" the Reputation of Captain Kidd
C APTAIN KIDD was one of earliest legendary characters in North America. Widely known as a reputable and dependable sea captain who served Crown faithfully, he suddenly became symbol of all that we romantically attach to name pirate. Yet his piracies were never clearly proved in his day and cannot be today. His story involves political warfare both in London and New York, in vortex of which he was sucked down. His backers in great exploit of his …
The Ballad of Captain Kidd
THE NEW YORK sea captain and pirate, William Kidd, was hanged at Execution Dock, London, at low tide on the afternoon of May 23, I70I. The proceedings against him had been long and notorious. The actions for which he was tried had been still more notorious-one involving murder and five, piracy. His career had been brief, brilliant in the beginning and catastrophic at the end. The general excitement at the time of his execution and all during his …
The Flying Dutchman of the Western World
Pirate-Laureate: The Life and Legends of Captain Kidd
Pirate Laureate: The Life and Legends of Captain Kidd
Treasure-Trove, Pirates' Gold
Mariners and Terreners: Some Aspects of Nautical Imagery in Thoreau
Q UR IMAGE OF THOREAU as the isolate of Walden Pond, the huckleberry picker, the skater, and the voyager on two now-famous rivers has obscured the fact that he was constantly aware of his closeness to the sea, and that the sea made an important contribution to his writing and thinking. He visited the seashore often, both incidentally and deliberately. Indeed, he went to the ocean more often than to any other place which from his point of view was…
Captain Thoreau: Gubernator to a Piece of Wood
SAILING across the flooded Concord meadows where he had walked dry-shod the day before, Henry David Thoreau exulted in the wind waves. sail with a smacking breeze today, he entered in his Journal, and I fancy that I am a sailor on the ocean. It is an advantage that all towns do not possess. (Journal, vI, 229)1 That was in May of 1854, fifteen years after the famous excursion on the Concord Merrimac rivers. His records comments on sailing, of one …
Harp on the Shore: Thoreau and the Sea
History (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · History (3 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (3 works) · Alexander von Humboldt Studies (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works)