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"Steaming to Bamboola - The World of a Tramp Freighter" Wanderer - Sterling Hayden "Sailing Alone around the World"-- Slocum "From the Bridge: Authentic Modern Sea Stories" -- Kelly Sweeney "In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History" -- Skip Strong "Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings" -- Johnathan Raban "Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard" -- Michael Ruhlman Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas"...William Benedetto "Simple Courage: The True Story of Peril on the Sea"...Frank Delaney "Until the Sea Shall Free Them":...Robert Frump "The Captain"...Jan der Hartog "Grey Seas Under" & "The Serpent's Coil"..Farley Mowatt most of the works of Wilbur Smith likewise Douglas Reeman not to be missed, any of the books by Alan Villiers the little remembered Colin Glencannon stories by Guy Gilpatrick and of course, the sailor's sailor...Tristian Jones Frank Worsley "Shackleton's Captain" Tania Aebi, (1989). Maiden Voyage. Ballantine Books. Link "Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer" "The Ship and the Storm" by Jim Carrier. Tragic story of a 280 foot windjammer schooner that went down in Hurricane Mitch in 1998 off Roatan, Central America. Eerie story reminescent of the "The Perfect Storm". "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II" by Robert Kurson The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby. Greenhorn signs on to a square rigger. Like 2 years before the mast but way funnier. Two Years Before the Mast RH Dana The Last of the Cape Horners: Firsthand Accounts From the Final Days of the Commercial Tall Ships by Spencer Apollonio Seaspray and Whisky: Reminiscences of a Tramp Ship Voyage by Norman Freeman Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim Typhoon Youth Nigger of the Narcissus Shadowline The Secret Sharer Mirror of the Sea...a memoir of Conrad's seafaring days Charlie Marlow is another master's master. Jack Hawkins IS Captain Marlow! "Ice Brothers" by Sloan Wilson Robert Thomas Maiden Voyage Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad Alan Villiers books C.S. Forester - start with Lt. Hornblower. Also Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers. The Cruise of the Cachalot: Around the World After Sperm Whales by Frank Bullen. Desperate Voyage by John Caldwell. "Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas" by Spike Walker in fact everything by him is really good. "The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd" By Richard Zacks, excellent story about Captain Kidd. "The Sea Shall Embrace Them: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic" By David Shaw, story about a trans-atlantic side wheeler that collided with a steel fishing boat and later sank. "Survive the Savage Sea" By Dougal Robertson, a shipwrecked family survives in the middle of the Indian Ocean. "A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier" By Diana Preston Best book I read in December was Max Hardberger's book, Freighter Captain. Chris Buckleys, Steaming to Bamboola. "In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History" By Skip Strong, Twain Braden "All the Drowned Sailors : The Tragic Fate of the U. S. S. Indianapolis" by Raymond B. Lech. "On Tugboats" by Virginia Thorndike "The Serpent's Coil" by Farley Mowat "Steaming to Bamboola" and "Looking for a Ship" Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Sobel The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte Linda Greenlaw's THE HUNGRY OCEAN "Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death, and Survival in the Merchant Marine (Blue Jacket Books)". Robert Frump. The story of the sinking of the Marine Electric in 1983 Colin Glencannon stories by Guy Kilpatrick Farley Mowat's "The Grey Seas Under" Another great one, which is also very funny, is James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific. For modern workboat fiction set in Alaska try David Masiel's 2182 kHz. Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy Thomas M. Truxes Joe Jablonski's "Three Star Fix" Sea War, the Story of the U. S. Merchant Marine in World War II by Felix Riesenberg There Go the Ships by Robert Carse How to Abandon Ship by Phil Richards and John Banigan Liberty: The Ships That Won the War by Peter Elphick The Fighting Liberty Ships: A Memoir by A. A. Hoehling A Careless Word...a Needless Sinking: A History of the Staggering Losses Suffered By the U. S. Merchant Marine, Both in Ships and Personnel, During World War II by Capt. Authur Moore "Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II," by Herbert A. Werner" Hungry As The Sea, by Wilbur Smith is a great, quick read. Voyage: A Novel of 1896, by Sterling HeydenThe Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner, William Watson, A&M Press In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History, Skip Strong The loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale , Nickerson and Chase (the cabin boy and the first mate). Alexander Kent's Bolitho Series. "The Cruel Sea " by Nicholas Monsarrat John Steinbeck published his first novel and sold 5000 copies, it was called "Cup of Gold" and it was about the life of Capt. Henry Morgan. A must read for pirate novel fans. My favorite modern seagoing book- "Steaming to Bamboola - The World of a Tramp Freighter" by Christopher Buckley. Guy Gilpatric's Glencannon series is a favorite among engineers. "Ocean Titans: Journeys in Search of the Soul of a Ship" "The Sea Wolf" "The Mutiny on the Globe". Endurance - F. A. Worsley Demon of the Waters: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe - Gregory Gibson 1) The Cape Horn Breed, by William H.S. Jones 2) OF WHALES AND MEN, by R.R. Robertson. 3) The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, by B. Trevelyan 4) The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story, the Spanish Story, by David Howarth. 5) Yankee Whalers in the South Seas, by A.B.C. Whipple. Nonfiction, a totally enthalling account of an era. 6) The Log of the Skipper's Wife, by James W. Balano. Nonfiction. 7) Looking for a Ship, by John McPhee. Required reading. I assume many of those looking into this site have read this book. 8) The Moonrakers, by Robert Carse. Nonfiction. 9) Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas, Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean, 1853-1856, editor, Allan B. Cole. 10) A Deckboy's Diary, by John Richardson. British freighters in the 1950's. More required reading. 11) Passage, From Sail to Steam, by Captain L.R.W. Beavis. Large format, fascinating accounts and great photos. 12) This Was Seafaring, a Sea Chest of Salty Memories, by Ralph W. Andrews and Harry A. Kirwin. Kirwin is the great Pacific Northwest photographer, so you can guess what this book looks like. 13) Under Full Sail, by Morris Rosenfeld. Great black and white photos of yachts and sailing ships. Probably a very hard to find book. 14) Dangerous Voyage (in paperback--original title was Williwaw), by Gore Vidal, who was himself in the Navy in the Aleutians. This was his first novel but there's nothing fake, here. 15) Voyage, a Novel of 1896, by Sterling Hayden. B. Traven The Death Ship. Ferryboats: A legend on Puget Sound, by M.S. Kline and G.A. Bayless. Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death, and Survival in the Merchant Marine - Great read and amazing story In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History- Amazing story of the famous salvage of the space shuttle's main fuel tank by the tanker "Cherry Valley" and the resulting admiralty case. To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander by Georg von Trapp. Memories of an Austrian U-boat commander in WWI. The book was originally published in German in 1935, and was translated into English by his granddaugher in 2007. Sea Shepherd by Paul Watson. Moby Dick - gotta be on the list In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - by Philbrick Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - by Kinder great true life modern treasure hunting story and includes some great history Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her - by Coates Last edited by john; June 7th, 2009 at 09:17 PM. Reason: added links Two Tankers Down: The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. Coast Guard History Salvage Books - A List Tankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan Crude by Eric Nalder American Merchant Seaman's Manual, for Seamen by Seamen Bowditch: The American Practical Navigator When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech 'Don't Stop the Carnival' by Herman Wouk Bottoms Up!: Toasts, Tales & Traditions Of Drinking's Long History As A Nautical Pastime-By Robert McKenna Captain Richard Cahill's two excellent volumes, Collisions and Their Causes and Strandings and Their Causes Away All Boats by Kenneth Dodson is excellent. If it helps, Dodson was a master who volunteered for the Navy during World War II, and merchant seamen serving in the Navy are prominent in the book. Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A.
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