Chronology Entry
Year
1927
Text
Wilder, Thornton. The bridge of San Luis Rey. (New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 1927).
http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey-thornton-wilder.pdf.
Last night he [Captain Alvarado] described to me some of his voyages. Imagine him pushing his prow through a sea of weeds, stirring up a cloud of fish like grasshoppers in June ; or sailing between islands of ice. Oh, he has been to China and up the rivers of Africa…
A Chinese junk had been blown from Canton to America ; he dragged up the beach the bales of deep-red porcelain and sold the bowls to the collectors of virtú…
http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey-thornton-wilder.pdf.
Last night he [Captain Alvarado] described to me some of his voyages. Imagine him pushing his prow through a sea of weeds, stirring up a cloud of fish like grasshoppers in June ; or sailing between islands of ice. Oh, he has been to China and up the rivers of Africa…
A Chinese junk had been blown from Canton to America ; he dragged up the beach the bales of deep-red porcelain and sold the bowls to the collectors of virtú…
Mentioned People (1)
Wilder, Thornton
(Madison, Wisc. 1897-1975 Hamden, Conn.) : Schriftsteller, Dramatiker
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America