Nautical Books

The Golden Age of Newport Yachting

The Golden Age of Newport Yachting: Between the Wars By Robert B. MacKay Newport, Rhode Island is known as the yachting capital of the world, and it reached its zenith during the period between 1917 and 1946. Many of the nation's captains of finance and...

New England Shipbuilding: Vessels that Made History

For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern times...

The Lighthouse Keeper Daughter: A Novel

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. “They call me a...

Poems of the Sea

Throughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and mermaids, phantom ships and the sunken city of Atlantis have inspired...

Stories of the Sea

A gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of shipwrecks and storms at sea, of creatures from the deep, of voyages that test human limits on the wild and limitless waters.Classic adventures stories by Joseph Conrad,...

Saving Narragansett Bay: How People, Passion, and Perseverance made All the Difference

With over 100 pages and photographs, “Saving Narragansett Bay” captures the pivotal battles, rulings and turning points that helped Narragansett Bay improve and recover in the last five decades—from defeating ill-sited energy plant...

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our...