IN THE HEART OF THE SEA The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick "A book that gets in your bones...Philbrick has created an eerie thriller from a centuries old tale .... Scrupulously researched and eloquently written ... .It would have earned Melville's admiration."-The New York Times Book Review. "Spellbinding."-Time. Winner of the National Book Award. Penguin
320 pp.
0-14-100182-8
$14.00
THE LOSS OF THE SHIP ESSEX, SUNK BY AWHALE First-Person Accounts Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase, and Others Edited by Thomas Philbrick. Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick. Combines the newly discovered account of the wreck of the Essex by its fifteen-year-old cabin boy Nickerson with the long-definitive account by its first mate Chase. Also includes more than a dozen other contemporary accounts from articles and newspapers. Penguin Classic
256 pp.
0-14-043796-7 $12.95
THE PRIZE OF ALL THE OCEANS
THE BOUNTY MUTINY
ORDEAL BY SEA
William Bligh and Edward Christian
The Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Thomas Helm
Edited with an Introduction by R.D. Madison. For the first time in one volume-all the relevant texts and documents related to a drama that has fascinated generations. Here is the full tex1 of Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny, the minutes of the court proceedings gathered by Edward Christian in an effort to clear his brother's name, and the highly polemic correspondence between Bligh and Christian-all amplified by Robert Madison's illuminating Introduction and rich selection of subsequent Bounty narratives. Penguin Classic
224 pp.
0-14-043916-1 $13.00
"Without question, At War At Sea is the most riveting history of Sea Power in the Twentieth Century yet written ... This engaging study is destined to become a naval history classic. When it comes to understanding modern armadas and fighting sailors, Spector is in a league of his own."-Douglas Brinkley. Viking
''A quite remarkably eru dite and deeply informed book!'-Patrick O'Brian. The power of the sea and man's fragility as he confronts it are terrifyingly portrayed in this rousing, historic round-the-world treasure hunt.
New Introduction by Tim Fulford. Based on the author's own experiences, this is the tale of a young man who finds his destiny at sea during the Napoleanic Wars. "Frederick Marryat's greatness is undeniable."-Joseph Conrad.
Penguin
Signet Classic
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0-14-100226-3 $14.00
256 pp.
0-451-20447-6
$6.99
Lawful Looting on the High Seas in the Days of Fighting Sail Donald A. Petrie
Sailors and Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century Ronald H. Spector
Commodore Anson's Daring Voyage and Triumphant Capture of the Spanish Treasure Galleon Glyn Williams
288 pp.
Signet
THE PRIZE GAME
AT WAR AT SEA
480 pp.
July 30, 1945: The heavy cruiser lJ.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a torpedo. 1,196 men went into the water. When rescue arrived five days later, only 317 remained. Full of harrowing personal accounts from the survivors, and written by a veteran who served aboard the cruiser before the attack, this tex1 chronicles the human drama and sensational aftermath of one of the worst disasters in naval history.
0-670-86085-9 $27.95
"This is an ex1raordinary book. All the romance and adventure from the age of piracy and privateers told from a hitherto unexplored perspective-that of the law of the time so constructed and interpreted that it fostered and protected what otherwise would have been an era of lawlessness at sea."-Walter Cronkite. Berkley
240 pp.
0-425-17829-3 $13.00
WOODEN BOATS
MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY Frederick Marryat
400 pp. 0-451-52796-8
$5.95
In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard Michael Ruhlman ''An insightful look at the life and work of legendary boatbuilders Nat Benjamin and Ross Gannon, whose boatyard on Martha's Vineyard is the site of the most innovative work happening today."-Publishers Weekly. Viking
320 pp.
0-670-88812-5 $24.95
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