Travel Memories with a Shanghaied Sailor
William O. Golding, Chefoo, China, 1939. Pencil and crayon on paper. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. William O. Golding was eight years old when he was on River Street (in Savannah, GA) and absconded to work on a ship. In a letter he wrote in his adult life, he and his cousin passed a ship called the Wandering Jew on River Street. He heard Captain William Potter ask his wife, Polly, to select one of the boys. She chose Golding, who was invited aboard and without his k