On the Wind, The Marine Photographs of Norman Fortier
A beautiful book of photography by Norman Fortier, introduction and captions by Calvin Siegal and Llewellyn Howland III. Michael Lapides, photographic editor. Printed entirely in duotone, this is a book about sailing and sailors, harbors and fishermen, selected from more than 100,000 negatives, the images carry the viewer west to Rhode Island Sound and Newport, east to Mattapoisett, Marion and harbors at the head of Buzzards Bay. Additional chapters cover Martha's Vinyard and the offshore islands, the port of New Bedford and working craft, the grand spectacle that is the New York Yacht Club's annual summer cruise and boats designed and built in South Dartmouth. Cloth bound. 128 pages.

$40.00

Bradford: Sailing Ships
William Bradford: Sailing Ships & Arctic Seas Softcover The catalogue includes essays on the artist’s life and work by guest curator Richard C. Kugler, Director Emeritus of the New Bedford Whaling Museum; maritime scholar E.A.R. Ronnberg, Jr.; and Adam Greenhalgh, curatorial associate at the Clark Art Institute. The catalogue is richly illustrated with 78 color reproductions, 29 sepia-tones, and 70 halftones. 200 pages. Softcover

$35.00

Handbook of Knots
Learn how to tie over 100 knots using clear instructions anmd annotated, step-by-step photographs. 176 pages

$17.00

Drifting Toward the Southeast
The Story of Five Japanese Castaways told in 1852 by John Manjiro. Spinner Publications. 140 pages

$25.00

Sea Struck
By W.H. Bunting. the final decades of an American Square-rigged sail, as recorded in firsthand accounts of voyages made by three well-born young men from New Bedford. 366 pages

$30.00

Trapped in Ice
This is the story of desperate struggle for survival and a rescue without a single loss of life-an authentic adventure filled with history and heroics. 168 pages

$16.95

Sailing Alone
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England Sea Captain, set out in April of 1895 to prove that a man could set sail alone arouond the world. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later the proof was complete. This is Slocums own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage. 294 pages

$7.95

Sea of Glory
Combining spellbinding human drama and meticulous research, Philbrick reconstructs the dark saga of the voyage to show why, instead of being celebrated and revered as that of Lewis and Clark, it has-until now-been relegated to a footnote in the national memory. 436 pages

$16.00

Secret Lives of Lobsters
How Fisherman and Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of our favorite crustacean. By Trevor Corson 289 pages

$13.95

Devil on the Deep Blue Sea
The career of Captain Samuel Hill of Bostonillustrates the nature of american maritime commerce following independence. On early voyages to Japan, the Northwest Coast, polynesia and South America, he witnessed and even participated in world changing events. Civilized on land, he was the opposite at sea, as the immortalized in the phrase "What in Sam Hill...!"

$24.00

When a Loose Cannon Flogs A Dead HorseThere's the Devil to pay.
This is a collection of bona fide nautical metaphores and colloquialisms now in common usage in the English language.So "batten down the hatches"vand prepare for a "first rate" read. By Olivia A. Isil 134 pages

$9.95

Ghost Ship
The mysterious true story of the Mary Celeste and her missing crew

$14.95

Mayflower
This is a story about the real people that came off from the Mayflower, onto the coast of New England and how the story of our country begins. by Nathaniel Philbrick 412 pages

$29.95

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