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Richard Snow
Sailing the Graveyard Sea

"On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harm…

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John U Bacon
The Gales of November

For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and …

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Mary Malloy
The Devastating Wake

The Devastating Wake describes the environmental and social impacts of 13,000 voyages from New England to the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century. Four key resources extracted from islands and coastli…

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Stuart Buxton
Five Flags

From the American Civil War to the Meiji Restoration, one ironclad warship shaped the fate of three nations across four decades of global conflict.Five Flags tells the story of a Confederate ironclad buil…

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Rod Scher,
Ship of Lost Souls

Of all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the "Graveyard of the Pacific," that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest. In January 1906, the Valencia set out from San…

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Coll Thrush
Wrecked

"The Northwest Coast of North America is a treacherous place. Unforgiving coastlines, powerful currents, unpredictable weather, and features such as the notorious Columbia River bar have resulted in …

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Gary Kinder
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

The 20th anniversary edition of Kinder's bestselling dramatic story of shipwreck and treasure lost and found features a new chapter in deep-sea technology.

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Michael Schumacher
Along Lake Michigan

"Along Lake Michigan charts the course of shipping disasters great and small on Lake Michigan, home to more shipwrecks than the other four Great Lakes combined. Surveying the wreckage throughout the …

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Richard V Elliott,
The Boats of Summer, Volume 1

Detailing the histories of 35 vessels, the first volume of The Boats of Summer spotlights the New York Harbor and Hudson River summertime excursion steamboats of the nineteenth century.

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Beverly Lionberger Hodgins
The Shipyard Agent

The Shipyard Agent reveals the untold story of Augusta Clawson, the undercover investigator who helped shape the future for World War II's women welders.From the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf Coast and up…

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Richard V Elliott,
The Boats of Summer, Volume 2

Detailing the histories of 28 vessels, the second volume of The Boats of Summer spotlights the New York Harbor and Hudson River summertime excursion steamboats of the twentieth century.

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Emily Elizabeth Molina
Tacoma's Tall Ship

From trips to the Galapagos Islands to training Sea Scouts.In 1978 the Odyssey , a 90-foot wooden yawl, arrived in Tacoma to serve as a training vessel and beloved landmark, standing tall in the harbor. L…

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Jeffrey A Fortin
Captain Paul Cuffe, Yeoman

Drawing on pamphlets, letters, and other documents, and painstakingly reconstructing his genealogy, Jeffrey A. Fortin vividly describes Paul Cuffe's experiences and places them within the broader history …

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Matthew Pearl
Save Our Souls

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betraya…

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Jeffrey A Fortin
Captain Paul Cuffe, Yeoman

Drawing on pamphlets, letters, and other documents, and painstakingly reconstructing his genealogy, Jeffrey A. Fortin vividly describes Paul Cuffe's experiences and places them within the broader history …

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Matthew Pearl
Save Our Souls

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betraya…

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Matthew Pearl
Save Our Souls

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betraya…

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Andrew W German
The Charles W. Morgan

As America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the Charles W. Morgan has a complex story to tell.Elaborating on earlier volumes on the ship…

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Robert F Weir,
The Watch's Wild Cry

At the age of nineteen, Robert F. Weir of West Point, New York, ran away to sea, where he spent the next ten years of his life. Assuming the pseudonym Robert Wallace, Weir sailed aboard the bark Clara Bel…

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James D Charlet
Shipwreck Rescues of the Outer Banks

Along North Carolina's Outer Banks, where thousands of ships met their doom, the brave surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Service braved raging seas, defied death itself, and saved countless lives from certa…

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