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Resources Suggested Readings The following is a short list of books which are pertinent to traditional sailing ships. Some books ar specifically instructional; some are historical accounts, and others are fiction but described the age of sail. The titles are not limited to naval history or the War of 1812, but include merchant ships and later periods of sail. The majority of these books are in the Erie Maritime Museum library.
Instructive books on Seamanship Jan Adkins ...................................................................................... The Building of a Wooden Ship Clifford, Ashley .............................................................................. Ashley’s Book of Knot’s John Harland .................................................................................. Seamanship in the Age of Sail Darcy Lever, Royal Navy ............................................................. Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor Captain Nares, Royal Navy ........................................................... Nares Seamanship 1862 Sam Svenson .................................................................................. Handbook of Seaman’s Ropework Alan J. Villiers ............................................................................... The Way of a Ship Good Stories about the Seafaring Life Joseph Conrad ............................................................................... Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad ............................................................................... Youth Richard Henry Dana ..................................................................... Two Years Before the Mast Linda Grand Depauw .................................................................... Seafaring Women Rudyard Kipling ............................................................................. Captain’s Courageous Herman Melville ............................................................................ White Jacket Herman Melville ............................................................................ Billy Budd Eric Newby .................................................................................... The Last Grain Race F. Worsley ...................................................................................... Shackelton’s Boat Journey Naval History & The War of 1812 D.C. Skaggs & G.T. Altoff ............................................................ A Signal Victory Pierre Berton ................................................................................. The Invasion of Canada Pierre Berton ................................................................................. Flames Across the Border Jeffery Bolster ............................................................................... Black Jacks Donald Hickey ............................................................................... The War of 1812 Emily Cain ...................................................................................... Ghost Ships Howard I. Chapelle ....................................................................... History of the American Sailing Navy John Keegan .................................................................................. The Price of Admiralty Brian Lavery .................................................................................. Nelson’s Navy Robert Malcolmson ....................................................................... HMS Detroit Theodore Roosevelt ....................................................................... The Naval War of 1812 N.A.M. Rodger ............................................................................. The Wooden World