Cap’n Ann Filley and First Mate Ben Blackmon

ADVENTURES FOR LANDLUBBERS

AND SAILORS - BOOKS OF THE

SEA.

WE BEGIN THE JOURNEY!

WOMEN AND THE SEA

The Sea Captain’s Wife

by Beth Powning

The Sea Captain’s Wife is an

awe-inspiring tour that captures

the vigor of life in the last days

of the Age of Sail and gives us

an unforgettable young heroine

who shows compassion,

courage and love while under

incredible duress.

Published January 2010

Ahab’s Wife

By Sena Jeter Naslund

Ahab's Wife is a remarkable epic

spanning a rich, eventful, and

dramatic life. Inspired by a brief

passage in Moby Dick, it is the story

of Una, exiled as a child to live in a

lighthouse, removed from the

physical and emotional abuse of a

religion-mad father. It is the

romantic adventure of a young

woman setting sail in a cabin boy's

disguise to encounter darkness,

wonder, and catastrophe; the story

of a devoted wife who witnesses her

husband's destruction by obsession

and madness. Published August

2005

LINDA GREENLAW-LESSONS FROM THE SEA

AND NOW FOR SOME NON-FICTION BY JOAN DRUETT

Back in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of

Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a

grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a

gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half

centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had

sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the

year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered

resulting in 18 books.

HISTORICAL SEA STORIES

THE CLASSICS: A SHORT LIST

• The Odyssey by Homer

• Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

• The Narrative of Gordon Pym of

Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe

• The Shadowline by Joseph Conrad

• A Footnote to History by Robert

Louis Stevenson

• The South Sea Tales by Jack London

Non-Fiction

The Pirate Coast : Thomas Jefferson,

the First Marines, and the Secret

Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks

The Pirate Hunter : The True Story of

Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks

Blackbeard : America's Most

Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam

Fiction

Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli

Brown

Pirate Latitudes a Novel by Michael

Crichton

Strike from the Deep by Bob Branco

PIRATES ARRRRRRRRRR

Alan Lewrie Series by Dewey Lambdin 20

Hornblower Saga by C.S. Forester 11

Aubrey & Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian 21

John Pearce Series by David Donachie +10

62 book total

SWASHBUCKLING SERIES: SOME MATH

HOW ABOUT SOME MORE JOAN DRUETT

The Wiki Coffin Series

Mysteries at Sea Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the forefront of 19th

century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend

Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate, or upholding the rule of law as deputy to the sheriff of the port of Virginia, Wiki

is never far from the action aboard the seven ships that make up the expedition.

Books of love,

loss, adventure

• The Plover by Brian Doyle• Archipelago by Monique Roffy

MODERN SEA STORIES

TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES-ENDURANCE!

“The true-life adventure of two men who

rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and the

history of those who came before”

Salt, Sweat, Tears

WEATHER HAPPENS, SO BE READY!

Weather for the Mariner by William Kotsch

The Sailor's Weather Guide by Jeff Markell

International Marine's Weather Predicting Simplified :

How to Read Weather Charts and Satellite Images by

Michael Carr

Conditions May Vary : A Guide to Maine Weather by

Gregory Zielinski

NUMA TO THE RESCUE

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework by Geoffrey Budworth

Knots, Splices and Fancy Work by Charles L. Spencer

The Handbook of Knots by Des Pawson.

Pocket Guide to Knots by Lindsey Philpott.

The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. Ashley

YOU CAN’T SAIL WITHOUT KNOTS!

American Small Sailing Craft, Their Design,

Development, and Construction by Howard Chapelle.

Best of Uffa : Fifty Great Yacht Designs from the Uffa Fox

books edited by Guy Cole.

The Guide to Wooden Boats : Schooners, Ketches,

Cutters, Sloops, Yawls and Cats by Benjamin

Mendlowitz

Yacht Designing and Planning by Howard Chapelle

100 Small Boat Rigs by Philip C. Bolger

OR A BOAT! THE DESIGN AND RIGGING

SLIDE

POEMS FROM THE SEA

A Life on the Ocean Wave

A life on the Ocean wave,

A home on the rolling deep,

Where the scattered waters rave,

And the winds their revels keep:

Like an eagle caged, I pine

On this dull, unchanging shore:

Oh! Give me the flashing brine,

The spray and the tempest’s roar!

Epes Sargent