The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution by Robert P. Watson
This is a history book of an element of the Revolutionary War most likely little known to us as Americans, and certainly not recounted in our elementary or high school education about the War. From 1776 through 1783 a series of about seventeen British ships were used...
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition, by Stephen R. Bown
I read this well-written, fast-paced historical documentary in (almost) one sitting, with (near the end) Tchaikovsky’s great Fifth Symphony surging along in the background (on Oregon Public Radio) towards its dramatic conclusion. Both the Russian expedition and...
Kings and Emperors: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure by Dewey Lambdin
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Kings and Emperors by Dewey Lambdin is a fascinating window into...Ship of Death: A Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World
By Billy G. Smith Yale University Press, $35.00, 320 pages In April 1972, 266 people sailed from England in order to colonize a section of Africa. Their plan was to work with native Africans, demonstrating to the world that slavery is an unnecessary evil. The...Read moreA Miracle Born In the Midst of Famine