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By: Mayne Reid (1818-1883) | |
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The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea | |
Ran Away to Sea |
By: Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968) | |
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Flood Tide
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on Cape Cod. Whenever he was 'ketched' by an 'idee' he had to see it to completion, and always did. His small cottage on the Cape had become a labyrinth of string and wires tacked here and there so as to make life a bit challenging for his housekeeper Celestina. But she and most everyone else among the coastal towns and villages loved the old man for all his eccentricities as Willie spent his waning years just waiting for his ship to come in. | |
By: Charles Clark Munn (1848-1917) | |
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Pocket Island
Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a pocket formed twice daily by the waning of the tides. The coast of Maine holds many secrets and legends, and Pocket Island was no exception. Subtitled "A Story of Country Life in New England", this story holds such varied and fascinating glimpses into the lives of a few individuals, and is not limited to merely a story of ghosts, of war, of barn dances, friendship, tales of rum-runners, smugglers, and seafarers... |
By: A. T. Mahan (1840-1914) | |
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Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 |
By: Thornton Jenkins Hains | |
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Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship “Pirate”
This is the tale of a perilous voyage aboard a clipper ship told by the second mate. He looks up to Trunnell, the first mate, who somehow manages to hold things together between a murdering former captain, a captain who may not actually be a captain, and a crew inclined to mutiny. This all leads to a surprising and satisfying ending. The author, Hains, wrote frequently of the sea. He is the author who (under a pen name) had a story on the newsstands about a liner hitting an iceberg and sinking, while Titanic was doing precisely that! |
By: George-Günther Freiherr von Forstner (1882-1940) | |
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The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U-28. His journal, first published 1916, gives a gritty picture of daily life inside a submarine and details several torpedo attacks on Allied shipping. The 1917 translation of Forstner’s journal into English was unquestionably intended to bolster the Allied war effort. In the foreword, the translator states: “Nothing at the present day has aroused such fear as this invisible enemy, nor has anything outraged the civilized world like the tragedies caused by the German submarines... |
By: Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) | |
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Adventures of Roderick Random
I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels, rival fortune hunters, and the challenge to be well-dressed through it all. In the course of recounting my adventures to you, dear reader, I will give you a front row seat to the characters of English eighteenth century life including highway robbers, womanizing monks, debt-laden gallants, lecherous corrupt officials, effeminate sea captains, bloodthirsty surgeons, and my dear friend Miss Williams, a reformed prostitute... |
By: Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) | |
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Histology of the Blood
This is a textbook on the science of blood and bloodwork by (1908) Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Should appeal to hematologists, phlebotomists, and just plain folks interested in how our bodies work. |
By: Harriet T. Comstock (1860-1925) | |
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Janet of the Dunes
Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in adult prose as well. Janet of the Dunes is one such departure wherein she masterfully takes us into the lives of the bold men and women who tended those life saving stations along the seaboard which many a ship relied upon for their safety. They were simple people, large of heart and as close-knit as a tiny community can and must ever be, and they, above all else, took their duties very seriously... |
By: Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1841-1885) | |
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We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys | |
We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys |
By: James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957) | |
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The Trawler
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked his men hard; some said too hard, and Arthur Snow was one who had paid the ultimate price.Arthur's close friend Simon Kippen decided he'd ask to take the place of his fallen friend aboard Hugh Glynn's vessel as a dory mate, and from there we have a tale of the open seas between Gloucester and Newfoundland where perhaps only the names and locations have changed from the countless stories of similar nature; the key being that this one, however, is first hand. |
By: G. E. Mitton | |
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Chelsea The Fascination of London |
By: Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882) | |
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Two Years Before the Mast |
By: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882) | |
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Two Years Before the Mast |
By: Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) | |
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The Man Without a Country and Other Tales | |
Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contributed the short story "My Double and How He Undid Me" to the Atlantic Monthly. He soon published other stories in the same periodical. His best known work was "The Man Without a Country", published in the Atlantic in 1863 and intended to strengthen support in the Civil War for the Union cause in the North. Though the story is set in the early 19th century, it is an allegory about the upheaval of the American Civil War... |
By: Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938) | |
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The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties |
By: William Charles Henry Wood (1864-1947) | |
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Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas |
By: John Howell (1788-1863) | |
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The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk
This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different trades during his early life. As a young man, Selkirk learned the skills of tanning and shoemaking, and later became a buccaneer (a government-sanctioned pirate) on the Cinque Ports, working his way up to the position of ship's sailing master or navigator. But in the case of Selkirk, his experiences would eventually help him to survive his isolation on a deserted island in the Juan Fernández archipelago, off the coast of Chile, where he spent 52 months before being rescued... |
By: John C. Hutcheson (1840-1897) | |
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The Ghost Ship
This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work out their position, and yet again encounter the same vessel going in an impossible direction. Having warned you of this, I must say that it is a well-written book about life aboard an ocean-going steamer at about the end of the nineteenth century. | |
Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea | |
The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace | |
The Island Treasure | |
The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land | |
Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek | |
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant | |
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea | |
On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story | |
Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle | |
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy |
By: Peter B. Kyne (1880-1957) | |
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Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates |
By: Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (1850-1894) | |
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The Ebb-Tide
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life. The thought is intoxicating... and so is the cargo, which they sample. Inattention nearly brings them to grief in a sudden storm. This sobering experience is followed by another - apparently the dead officers had a similar ambition! - and their dreams of riches vanish... |
By: Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947) | |
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Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas |
By: George Harvey Ralphson (1879-1940) | |
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Boy Scouts in Southern Waters Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest |
By: F. Hamilton Jackson (1848-1923) | |
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The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia |
By: H. De Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) | |
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Beach of Dreams
Two sailors, Harbutt and Raft, discuss their plight as workers under the thumb of a wealthy owner. During a windstorm, Raft and his fellow hands must climb a mast of the three-master to control a rigging gone astray. Once they master that runaway rigging, they pause to watch another vessel in the distance. It's a ship many have seen before. We are introduced to the occupants of this new ship, the Gaston de Paris. The owner is Prince Selm, who loves the finest things in life, yet is drawn to the sea... |
By: Frank V. Webster | |
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Bob the Castaway
Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the 1930s.Bob the Castaway follows the antics of young prankster Bob Henderson, his parents futile attempts to get him to mend his ways, and his subsequent nautical adventures. (Introduction by Nigel Boydell) | |
Darry the Life Saver Or, The Heroes of the Coast |
By: Gordon Stables (1840-1910) | |
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As We Sweep Through The Deep |
By: Virginia McGaw | |
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Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools |
By: Irving E. Cox | |
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The Guardians |
By: Walter Runciman (1847-1937) | |
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The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century |
By: Rennie Wilbur Doane (1871-) | |
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Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases |
By: Mrs. O. F. Walton (1849-1939) | |
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Saved at Sea
Alick was born in a lighthouse during a storm, and raised in the same lighthouse. He used to wish something would change, and one day something did. In an attempt to rescue a ship in distress, Alick and his grandfather end up with a baby girl. Who are her parents? Did they perish on that stormy night? As the lighthouse people try to find the answers to these questions, little "Timpey" begins to work her way into their hearts. And while the lighthouse stands firmly on the rock, are Alick and his grandfather truly anchored on the Rock? |
By: James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957) | |
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The U-Boat Hunters
The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The author was also an Olympic athlete; winning a bronze, silver and gold medal in the Athens Olympics of 1896 and a silver in the Paris games of 1900. |
By: James B. (James Brendan) Connolly (1868-1957) | |
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