Thames Williamson

Thames Williamson was born in Idaho in 1894. After an adventurous early life as a circus hand, whaler, and prison officer, he studied at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. A sojourning writer who sought to depict the wide variety in American life, Williamson was the author of more than thirty titles, including novels, screenplays, juvenile literature, and academic texts. Phillip Douglas Howerton is professor of English at Missouri State University-West Plains and the editor of The...See more

Thames Williamson was born in Idaho in 1894. After an adventurous early life as a circus hand, whaler, and prison officer, he studied at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. A sojourning writer who sought to depict the wide variety in American life, Williamson was the author of more than thirty titles, including novels, screenplays, juvenile literature, and academic texts. Phillip Douglas Howerton is professor of English at Missouri State University-West Plains and the editor of The Literature of the Ozarks: An Anthology . See less