We are looking for those books that pit man against the sea or where the action takes place on the sea. While many candidates will be stories from the days of sail, it is not intended to limit this list by time period. Modern day sea adventures are welcome.
Initial candidates are:
Picture Book
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The Little Ships by Louise Borden |
Independent Reader
Young Adult
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Godforsaken Sea by Derek Lundy |
HMS Ulysses by Alistair Maclean
South by Java Head by Alistair Maclean
Forester, C.S. Beat to Quarters Horatio Hornblower series
Kent, Alexander Beyond the Reef Richard Bolito series
Lambdin, Dewey A King's Trade Alan Lewrie series
McCutchan, Philip Halfhyde at the Bight of Benin Lieutenant Halfhyde series
O'Brian, Patrick Captain and Commander Aubrey/Maturin series
Parkinson, C.N. Devil to Pay Richard Delancey series
Woodman, Richard 1805 Nathaniel Drinkwater series
Churchill, Winston Richard Carvel
Conrad, Joseph Sea Tales, Nigger of the Narcissus
Cooper, James Fenimore The Pilot, The Red Rover
Kingsley, Richard Westward, Ho!
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Nordhoff, Charles The Bounty Trilogy
Parkinson, Dan The Fox and the Fury (trilogy)
Roberts, Kenneth Captain Caution
Sabatini, Rafael Captain Blood; The Sea-Hawk
Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped; Treasure Island
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Perfect Storm (but for grownups, there's some drowning involved)
How about Kontiki by Thor Heyerdahl? Or, anything by Thor Heyerdahl?
Blue Latitudes / Tony Horwitz: retracing Captain Cook's adventures (too grownup?)
And, non-sea adventure:
Krakauer /Into Thin Air: about climbing Everest (..but grownups or advanced readers)
Krakauer / Into the Wild (guy lost in wilderness, dies)
Anna Kinanda"$> | June 16, 2007 21:52
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