Pirates, Ships, and Sailors

Pirates, Ships, and Sailors
Author: Kathryn Jackson
Publisher: Golden Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307983188

Ahoy! First published in 1950, Golden Books is pleased to reissue this delightful hardcover collection of 24 stories and poems, including Pirate’s Cove, The Little Lost Island, and The Careful, Cheerful Sailor by Kathyrn and Byron Jackson. All sea-loving children—and their parents—will be wowed by Gustaf Tenggren’s beautiful illustrations.

Battleship Sailor

Battleship Sailor
Author: Theodore C. Mason
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612511562

Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.S. battleship California depicts the devastation at Pearl Harbor from the hazardous vantage point of the open "birdbath" atop the mainmast.

Brassey's Naval Annual

Brassey's Naval Annual
Author: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1891
Genre: Armed Forces
ISBN:

The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats

The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats
Author: Steve Henkel
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0071736948

For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats built in the last 45 years. With detailed plans, specifications, performance indexes, and commentary for every model the author could find (360 in all!), The Sailor’s Book of Small Cruising Sailboats is your ideal core reference for the used and new boats you see on the water.