Jon Anderson – “Three Ships”:
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The Gales of November
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Maritime History
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time – Dava Sobel | |
Frigate Commander – Tom Wareham | |
The Endurance : Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition – Caroline Alexander | |
The Bounty: The True Story of the mutiny on the Bounty – Caroline Alexander | |
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette – Hampton Sides | |
The Pirate Wars – Peter Earle | |
The Civil War at Sea – Craig L. Symonds | |
In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine – Rachel Lance | |
War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II – Nathan Miller | |
The United States Navy in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa – Mark Stille | |
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War – Mark Stille | |
Hellcats of the Sea: Operation Barney and the Mission to the Sea of Japan – Charles A. Lockwood & Hans C. Adamson | |
The Vikings: A History – Robert Ferguson | |
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania – Erik Larson |
Mmmm, Lobscouse and Spotted Dog
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It’s a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels – Anne Chotzinoff Grossman & Lisa Grossman Thomas |
Happy Bounty Day!
Bounty Day: Bounty Day is a holiday on both Pitcairn Island, destination of the HMS Bounty mutineers, and on Norfolk Island. It is celebrated on January 23 on Pitcairn, and on June 8 on Norfolk Island, the day that the descendants of the mutineers arrived on the island. It is named for the Bounty, although … Continue reading “Happy Bounty Day!”
Mmmm, Grog
Rum Rations In The Navy: Grog
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