ter, Bob Brown. Yet the strengths-her own, Brown's, and those of the quarrelsome, impatient and hardworking crewshine through. At the end of the book, the loss of Brown is keenly felt by the author and this reader. What is lacking is a good selection of photographs. The description of the vessel's structure and layour and the working of the deck gear would have been much more comprehensible with illustrative photos. The Hungry Ocean was recommended by a fisherman who calls it "the most realistic book I've ever read about commercial fishing. " NORMA STANFORD
Nineteenth-Century Lights: Historic Images of American Lighthouses, by J. Candace Clifford and Mary Louise Clifford (Cypress Communications, Alexandria VA, 2000, 296pp, illus, appen, biblio, index, ISBN 09636412-3-9; $24.96pb) T his collection of photographs and drawings of 230 lighthouses in the 1800s depicts both extant light stations now recognized and preserved as historic sites and those obliterated by the elements or by fire or demolished when they were no longer seen as useful. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief history of the light station, featuring fascinating incidents in some of their stories. The history of the triple light tower ofNauset Beach is an example of the strange things that have happened to these stations-the three small wooden towers were sold and removed from the site only to be repurchased, returned, and restored many decades later to their original condition on their original sites. The reader will also find of great interest the many photographs oflights under construction such as Minors Ledge, Cape Henry and St. George Reef, illustrating the complex and difficuh work necessary to build these beacons. N umerous sidebars throughout the book provide insights into the technical aspects of lighthouse construction and operation as well as details of the lives and duties of the keeper of the stations and the lighthouse tenders and depots that supported these operations. The authors have done an excellent job of making a very enjoyable account of lighthouses of the preceding century. DAVIDE. PERKINS
The Aesthetic Glencannon, by Guy Gilpatric (The Glen cannon Press, Palo Alto CA, 2000, 206pp, illus, ISBN 1-88990113-x; $35hc plus $4s&h) Chief Engineer Colin Glencannon of SS lnchcliffe Castle blusters and wheedles his way through nine seagoing and longshore adventures, amply fortified by dollops ofDuggan's Dew, his Scotch whiskey of choice, in this handsome volume, enriched by the paintings of Anton Otto Fischer. PS Ring of Ice: True Tales of Adventure, Exploration, and Arctic Life, edited by Peter Stark (The Lyons Press, New York NY, 2000, 464pp, ISBN 1-55821-537-9; $29.95hc) This collection of firsthand letters and journals of Arctic explorers, including the Inuit and American Indian side of the experience, shows the remarkable variety of people involved in these hazardous, toooften fatal expeditions. PS
USS OLYMPIA Herald of Empire By Benjamin Franklin Cooling 264 pages. 40 photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 1-55750-148-3/$34.95 (Available to ship in November)
TIIE TUDOR NAVY The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1485-16o3 By Arthur Nelson 240 pages. 120 illustrations. 1-55750-816-X $56.95 (Available to ship in October)
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Boat Plans at Mystic Seaport, by Anne and Maynard Bray (Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT, 2000, 207pp, illus, ISBN 0-91337286-2; $24.95pb) Robert Blake: Admiral and General at Sea, by Hepworth Dixon (Regatta Press Ltd., Mount Kisco NY, 2000, 372pp, index, ISBN 0-9674826-1-5; $69.95hc) Off Soundings: Aspects of the Maritime History of Rhode Island, by Alexander Boyd Hawes (Posterity Press, Inc., Chevy Chase MD, 1999, 330pp, illus, appen, notes, index, ISBN 1-889274-05-4; $39.95hc) War, TechnologyandExperienceAboard the USS Monitor, by David A. Mindell Qohns Hopkins University Press, BaltimoreMD, 2000, 186pp, illus, notes, biblio, index, ISBN 0-8018-6249-3; $35hc; ISBN 0-8018-6250-7; $14.95pb) Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan, by Craig L. Symonds (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, 1999, 274pp, illus, notes, biblio, index, ISBN 1-55750-844-5; $32.95hc)
Her Construction, Career, and Restoration By Alan McGowan 256 pages. 300 photographs and illustrations. 1-55750-387-7/$59.95
FRIGATES OF TIIE NAPOLEONIC WARS By Robert Gardiner 192 pages. 150 photographs and illustrations. 1-55750-288-9 $59.95
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