author
W. A. (William Armour) Pearl
b. 1893
A practical early 20th-century writer whose best-known surviving work explores knots, splices, and lifting systems with clear, hands-on detail. He is remembered chiefly as the coauthor of a 1922 manual that turned specialized rigging knowledge into an accessible guide.
1 Audiobook
The Use of Ropes and Tackle
by Homer J. (Homer Jackson) Dana, W. A. (William Armour) Pearl
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable sources found here. What is clear is that William Armour Pearl was born in 1893 and is credited as coauthor, with Homer J. Dana, of The Use of Ropes and Tackle, published in 1922.
That book is a straightforward technical manual on ropes, knots, splices, hitches, and tackle systems, and it has remained discoverable through library records and later digital editions. The surviving record suggests that Pearl's reputation rests mainly on this practical work rather than on a large body of widely documented publications.
Because so little verified personal history was available in the sources reviewed, it is best to see him as a specialized nonfiction writer whose contribution was to help explain the working methods of rigging and rope handling for readers of his time.