American Authors Gone Missing Exploring the Mysterious Disappearances of Literary Voices On the morning of September 9, 1961, David Kenyon Webster set sail from Santa Monica pier in his 11-foot sailing dinghy, the Tusitala —a name borrowed from the Tahitians' affectionate term for Robert Louis Stevenson, meaning "teller of tales." He had rigged bait, heavy line, and hook, planning an afternoon of shark fishing off the Southern California coast. By evening, when his wife Barbara arrived at the pier to help him beach the boat, Webster had not returned. He never would. The disappearance of David Kenyon Webster represents one of the most poignant losses in American literary history—a promising writer whose passion for the sea ultimately claimed him at age 39, leaving behind a grieving family and a literary legacy that would only be fully recognized decades after his death. Artistic Interpretation of David Kenyon Webster | BookBrains Press A Writer Forged by War ...
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