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Port William, Kentucky is a fictional American rural town found in each of the novels and short stories [1] and some of the poems [2] of Wendell Berry.The larger region, set along the western bank of the Kentucky River, consists of Port William proper and several outlying farms and settlements around the also-fictional Dawe's Landing, Squire's Landing, Goforth, and Cotman Ridge.
Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. [1] Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977).
Port William may refer to several places: Port William, Falkland Islands, an inlet in the Falkland Islands; Port William, New Zealand, an inlet on Stewart Island; Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, a fishing village in Scotland; Port William, Ohio, a village in the U.S. state of Ohio; Port William, Kentucky, a fictional location in the ...
Port Royal is an unincorporated community [1] ... the writer Wendell Berry. His fictional community of Port William is based on Port Royal. [5] References
Port William (French: Baye Choiseul, [1] Spanish: Puerto Groussac [2]) is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Stanley Harbour . Port William has several other bays on it, namely Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay, which is a noted beauty spot, Hearnden Water, which is effectively the estuary ...
Berry portrays Hargrave as significantly larger and more urban than Port William (a fictionalized Port Royal, Kentucky). It is the center of local nightlife and professional services. Unlike the largely egalitarian rural society of Port William, there is an "upper crust" of professionals and landowners in Hargrave.
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. [1] He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in Grand Hotel (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!
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