| |
|
Sailing on Friday: The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine 2 reviews
John A. Butler
Brassey's UK Ltd, 2000
Fascinating, informative, hightly readable and entertaining.
+ It's Good, but ...
John Butler has presented a fascinating, informative, highly readable, and entertaining story of the rise and fall of the American Merchant Marine. While written from the perspective of an insider, the author never talks down to the reader, nor overwhelms the reader with needless detail. He ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lost At Sea 36 reviews
Patrick Dillon
Touchstone, 2000
A Visual tour back to my adolesence
+ Don't expect a riveting read
+ A Little Book Sick
I can still remember standing in a downtown field where McDonalds is now erected mourning the losses of my friends, classmates and fellow Fisherman with half the town of Anacortes. It was almost spooky as I picked this book up and could not stop until I finished it visualizing that day that had ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Tugboats of the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery 2 reviews
Franz Von Riedel
Iconografix, 2007
Tugs of the Great Lakes
+ A WORTHY READ.
This is a fantastic collection of tugboats that are still in use and some that are not. Von Riedel has taken it upon himslf to capture those still sailing and those still remembered in action on our fresh water lakes. Historical perspective, excellent photography and a high quality collection of ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Last American Sailors: A Wild Ride in the Modern Merchant Marine10 reviews
Michael R. Rawlins
iUniverse, 2003
Great reading!
+ Extraordinary tales by a superb writer!
+ An excellent story of a decade in the merchant marine
+ Very good
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs48 reviews
Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, ...
Ballantine Books, 2008
Great book
+ If you love Deadliest Catch
+ Sit in your armchair and feel the salt spray chill your face...
+ Crab fishing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Commercial Ships on the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery8 reviews
Franz Von Riedel
Iconografix, Inc., 2005
fasinating awesome
+ A WORTHY READ.
+ Good book!
+ Review by a Tugboat Maritime Historian
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Until the Sea Shall Free Them17 reviews
Robert Frump
Doubleday, 2002
The true and sometimes hidden tragedy of life at sea...
+ Until the Sea Shall Free Them
+ US Mechant Mariners must read
+ A Great, Page-Turning, Investigative Piece
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Sinking Of The Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy: America's Forgotten Tragedy17 reviews
Jay Bonansinga
Citadel, 2005
A must read
+ Forgotten and sad part of U.S. History
+ Great way to learn about a forgotten tragedy
+ The Sinking of the Eastland
+ Forgotten American History
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History1 review
Theresa Mitchell Barbo; John Galluzzo and Captain W. Russell Webster; USCG (RET)
The History Press, 2007
Excellent insights into an historic rescue
The Pendleton Disaster gives new and important insights into Bernard C. Webber's impossible rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton stern in 1952. The authors have done in-depth interview with the rescue crew and what emerges is heart-touching as well as insightful. The organization of the book is ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present
William H. Flayhart
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
This collection of 23 stories of disaster and adventure covers well-known tragedies, such as the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania, to lesser-known survivors of peril on the Atlantic. In some instances, tragedy and great loss of human life occurred while in others the officers and crew of the ships preserved their vessels and reached port safely. Previously unpublished material features in ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Eastland Disaster (Images of America)2 reviews
Ted Wachholz
Arcadia Publishing, 2005
Why haven't many people heard about this?
+ History unveiled!
I'm going to cheat. I'm going to write one review and use it on three separate books. No doubt I'll offend the review gods at Amazon, but this subject merits it. Even though I live only 4 hours away from Chicago, I had never heard of the Eastland until I was searching for something entirely ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Breaking Ships8 reviews
Roland Buerk
Chamberlain Bros., 2006
Excellent feel for the subject
+ How Chopping Up a Ship Affects an Entire Economy
+ A Tale of Globalisation
+ this story deserve a documentary
+ Well done and unusual
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Great Ship Disasters 3 reviews
Greg Field
MBI, 2003
Fascinating book on maritime disasters
+ "Fascinating", and "Influencial" . . .
I was a newcomer to the genre of nautical writing when I recently discovered this book by the Bonners, a respected husband and wife team in the field. After reading it, I can't imagine a more interesting introduction to the field. Prior to this my only knowlege of the area was when, about a year ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster16 reviews
David G. Brown, David Brown
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2004
Un-put-down-able, even for a landlubber
+ Grandpa's storm
+ Could not put this down ...
+ Detailed and Interesting
+ A Must for Boaters and Residents Along the Great Lakes
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours12 reviews
Discovery Channel, 2008
Deadliest Book review
+ Deadliest Catch
+ Amazing Book
+ Recommended for any fan of the Deadliest Catch
+ Great Book!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Super Cargo Ships (Enthusiast Color Series)2 reviews
Christopher Batio
MBI, 2001
Interesting Book on an Important Subject
+ If You Ever Wondered About Cargo Ships . . .
Global commerce exists mainly because of ships, and this book gives a great introduction into the types of ships that fuel the world's economies. The chapters on Container Ships and Tankers were very informative and the sidebar on shipbreaking was a real eye opener. Highly recommended.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas--winner of the 2006 US Maritime ...20 reviews
William Benedetto
Citadel, 2006
Entrancing!
+ Better than the Titantic tale
+ Rescue at Sea
+ Those in Peril Upon the Seas
+ "Sailing into the Abyss"
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters: Over 40 First-Hand Accounts of Peril on the High ...
Carroll & Graf, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Titanic: Destination Disaster : The Legends and the Reality7 reviews
John P. Eaton, Charles A. Haas
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
GREAT BOOK.
+ BEST SHORT TITANIC BOOK
+ amazing and detailed.10/10 for the breath taking pictures
+ Very good
+ Really Good!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
On Tugboats3 reviews
Virginia Thorndike
Down East Books, 2004
A "must have" for tug boat lovers.
+ All Ahead-EASY
+ Not Just for Tug Nuts
If you liked "Tugboats of New York", you will love this book. Where "Tugboats of New York" gave the history of tugboats and some details, it was just enough for me to want to know more. Now "On Tugboats" fills in some of the gaps and than much, much more. The author goes into the detail that I ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
