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By: Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) | |
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Newton Forster The Merchant Service | |
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 | |
The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago | |
Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay
Marryat was a midshipman under Captain Cochrane and this, his first naval adventure, is considered to be a highly autobiographical telling of his adventures with one of Britain's most famous and daring naval captains. | |
Newton Forster | |
Snarleyyow or The Dog Fiend |
By: Frederick Thomas Jane (1865-1916) | |
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Blake of the "Rattlesnake"
Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that forecast a British defeat in the event of war in the late 19th century when he wrote this fictional account of "The Man Who Saved England." Jane tells of a possible war against both France and Russia with plenty of verve and derring-do amid naval battles, both small and large. - Summary by Mark |
By: G. E. Mitton | |
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Chelsea The Fascination of London |
By: G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow | |
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Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children |
By: George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) | |
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Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together with pirates of the famed Spanish Main. |
By: George Cupples (1839-1898) | |
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Bluff Crag, or, A Good Word Costs Nothing |
By: George Gibbs (1870-1942) | |
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In Search of Mademoiselle
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores.... The most thrilling chapter in all this history, strangely neglected or overlooked by the romantic writers, is that of the struggle between the Spanish and French colonists for dominion over our own land of Florida. To me, whose profession it is to see pictures in the words of other men and... |
By: George Hamilton | |
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Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain Edward Edwards, also was ordered to chart the passage between Australia and New Guinea. While Edwards managed to arrest the mutineers still on Tahiti, he sank the Pandora on a reef near Australia. Hamilton tells this story and also the story of the crew’s fate after the Pandora sank. |
By: George Harvey Ralphson (1879-1940) | |
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Boy Scouts in Southern Waters Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest |
By: George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) | |
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Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser | |
The Little Skipper A Son of a Sailor | |
Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea | |
Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land | |
Cutlass and Cudgel
Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a farm-boy, son of one of the smugglers. His friendship is rudely rebuffed, the midshipman eventually escapes and the farm-boy gets his long-held dream of becoming a seaman on an Excise vessel. | |
King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale | |
Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop | |
Middy and Ensign | |
Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle | |
In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" | |
Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea | |
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap |
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: Gordon Stables (1840-1910) | |
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As We Sweep Through The Deep |
By: H. De Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) | |
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The Blue Lagoon
Two shipwrecked children grow up on a South Pacific island. This beautiful story of adventure and innocent love was H.D. Stacpoole’s most popular work.Parents who may have seen the Hollywood film need not be anxious about the book's suitability for kids -- the author's treatment of adolescent sexuality is almost mystical and very mild. The story of The Blue Lagoon (1908) continues in The Garden of God (1923) and The Gates of Morning (1925). A ship’s doctor, Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1863–1951) published over 90 works of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and translation. | |
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: Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson | |
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What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps |
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) | |
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The Pearl of Orr's Island
Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the pine needles and hear the waves crashing on the rocks. This is a tale of romance, tragedy, crusty sea captains, an impetuous boy, a loving girl, complete with village gossips and twists in the plot. |
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: Harry Collingwood (1851-1922) | |
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For Treasure Bound
For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster), published in 1897. We follow the hero, whose name is incidentally also Harry Collingwood, on a quest to the pacific islands for treasure and his marooned father, through all the perils he encounters on his journey, such as pirates, sea monsters, and beautiful young ladies. (Summary by Carolin) | |
A Pirate of the Caribbees | |
Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess | |
The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba | |
The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure | |
The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast | |
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer | |
The Castaways | |
The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection | |
The Log of a Privateersman | |
A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story | |
Cruise of the Esmeralda
After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the Eastern Seas. The catch: all directions are encrypted. Nevertheless, Captain Saint Leger decides to take a chance and sails east. A journey full of adventure begins, including pirates, storms and mutiny... | |
A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron | |
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy | |
The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise | |
Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War | |
The Missing Merchantman | |
Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship | |
Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess | |
The Voyage of the Aurora |
By: Henry Fielding (1707-1754) | |
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Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
Sailing voyage from England to Portugal in the mid Eighteenth Century, by one of the premier humorists, satirists, novelists and playwrights of his age. It was to be his last work, as his failing health proved unable to persevere much longer after the voyage. |
By: Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1853-1919) | |
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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine |
By: Herman Melville (1819-1891) | |
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Moby Dick
“Call me Ishmael” is one of the most famous opening lines in American literature. With these words, opens one of the strangest and most gripping stories ever written about the sea and sea-faring. Moby Dick by Herman Melville is today considered one of the greatest novels written in America but paradoxically, it was a miserable failure when it first made its debut in 1851. Entitled Moby Dick or The Whale the book finally got its due after the author's death and is now regarded as a classic portrayal of mania and fatal obsession... | |
Typee
A whaling ship stops at a remote Polynesian island. The crew aboard is exhausted after a grueling six-month voyage in which they suffered ill-treatment and drudgery. Two men decide to abandon ship and hide on the island, living off the fruit of the land, until they can get on board a more conducive ship. However, to their consternation they discover that part of the island paradise is peopled by a savage and cannibalistic tribe called the Typees. As destiny would have it, they fall into the hands of the very people they dread... | |
Benito Cereno
On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvious distress. Capt. Delano boards the San Dominick, providing needed supplies, and tries to learn from her aloof and disturbed captain, Benito Cereno, the story of how this ship came to be where she is. Dealing with racism, the slave trade, madness, the tension between representation and reality, and featuring at least one unreliable narrator, Melville's novella has both captivated and frustrated critics for decades. | |
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. The book follows the actions of the narrator as he explores Tahiti and remarks on their customs and way of life.Many sources incorrectly assert that Omoo is based on Melville's stay in the Marquesas. The novel is, in fact, exclusively based on his experiences in the Society Islands. | |
White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War
This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time, but beyond this the narrator has created for the reader graphic symbols for class distinction, segregation and slavery aboard this microcosm of the world, the USS Neversink. (Introduction by James K. White) |