Squarehead

Would Heinlein have achieved greater fame if he were Robert "Squarehead Bob" Heinlein?

Archive 2007-01-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007

Would Heinlein have achieved greater fame if he were Robert "Squarehead Bob" Heinlein?

"The Bomber" Walter Jon Williams 2007

"All these organizers, yes, and a whole lot of the German and Squarehead farmers themselves, they're seditious as the devil -- disloyal, non-patriotic, pro-German pacifists, that's what they are!"

Main Street 1920

Captain Scraggs and The Squarehead partook first of the ham and eggs, coffee and bread which the skipper prepared.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Here The Squarehead, who had been enjoying the unique situation immensely, decided to take a hand.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

The artful fellow realized that Scraggs knew nothing whatever about a sailing ship and would have to depend upon The Squarehead for the information he required.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

But the weight of the cable whirled the little craft around, a wave rolled in over her counter, and half-filled her; the succeeding wave completed the job and rolled the skiff over and The Squarehead was forced to swim back to the

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Of all the little ship's company, Neils Halvorsen, colloquially designated as "The Squarehead," was the only individual who was, in truth and in fact, his own man.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Squarehead leaned over the _Chesapeake's_ rail and tugged furiously, when the wreck came alongside, but all of their strength was unequal to the task of righting the little craft by hauling up on the light rope attached to her thwart.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

The skiff floated off the ship at the end of the painter, so The Squarehead hauled it in, climbed down into the skiff, and made the light rope fast to a thwart; then, with

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918