Some that I have found well worth reading over the years----
"Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling.
"Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana
"Coasting" by Johnathan Raban (small boat voyage around England)
"Old Glory" by Johnathan Raban (small boat voyage down the Mississippi)
"The Serpents Coil" by Farley Mowat (actually better than "Grey Seas Under"
in my opinon)
"Divided Waters," by Ivan Musicant. This recently-written book is a
history of the US and Confederate Navies during the American Civil War, and
is very well written. His shot-by-shot description of the battle between
the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack" is worth the price of the book alone in
my opinion. (The "Merrimack" had been renamed "Virginia" but nobody
including her own crew called her that.)
"Fishing With John," by Edith Iglauer (story about salmon trolling in lower BC)
"Spillsbury's Coast," by (?) Spillsbury. (excellent account of growing up
and living in the islands of lower BC)
"Wind in the Willows," the timeless story about the adventures of various
animals that live near the waterways of England. Great for kids (and grown
up kids, too).
"A Glorious Way to Die," by Russel Spurr (if you're into books about naval
conflict, this is the extremely well told story of the Japanese battleship
"Yamato", which with her sister ship the "Musashi," was the biggest, most
powerful battleship ever built.)
C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington
Some that I have found well worth reading over the years----
"Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling.
"Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana
"Coasting" by Johnathan Raban (small boat voyage around England)
"Old Glory" by Johnathan Raban (small boat voyage down the Mississippi)
"The Serpents Coil" by Farley Mowat (actually better than "Grey Seas Under"
in my opinon)
"Divided Waters," by Ivan Musicant. This recently-written book is a
history of the US and Confederate Navies during the American Civil War, and
is very well written. His shot-by-shot description of the battle between
the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack" is worth the price of the book alone in
my opinion. (The "Merrimack" had been renamed "Virginia" but nobody
including her own crew called her that.)
"Fishing With John," by Edith Iglauer (story about salmon trolling in lower BC)
"Spillsbury's Coast," by (?) Spillsbury. (excellent account of growing up
and living in the islands of lower BC)
"Wind in the Willows," the timeless story about the adventures of various
animals that live near the waterways of England. Great for kids (and grown
up kids, too).
"A Glorious Way to Die," by Russel Spurr (if you're into books about naval
conflict, this is the extremely well told story of the Japanese battleship
"Yamato", which with her sister ship the "Musashi," was the biggest, most
powerful battleship ever built.)
C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington
