Eldrbarry's Wood Ship Books, Page Two

The ships of Nelson's Era

• Warships of the Napoleonic Era (Chatham Blueprint Series) by Robert Gardiner
  Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (January 14, 2000)

• The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by C. Nepean Longridge
  Hardcover: 60 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press; Rev edition (June 1, 1980)

• Ships of the American Revolution and Their Models by Harold M. Hahn
  Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (April 1, 1988)

• The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship Series) by John McKay
  Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press; Rev edition (December, 2000)

• The Armed Transport Bounty (Anatomy of the Ship) by John McKay
  Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press; Revised edition (April 1, 2002)

• The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora (Anatomy of the Ship) by John McKay, Ron Coleman
  Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press; Revised edition (June 1, 2003)

• 74-Gun Ship Bellona (Anatomy of the Ship) by Brian Lavery
  Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press; Revised edition (May 1, 2003)

• Captain Cook's Endeavour: Revised Edition (Anatomy of the Ship) by Karl Heinz Marquardt
  Hardcover: 136 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press (April 1, 2002)

• The Naval Cutter Alert 1777 (Anatomy of the Ship) by Peter Goodwin
  Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press (March 1, 2004)

• The 20-Gun Ship Blandford (Anatomy of the Ship) by Peter Goodwin
  Hardcover: 119 pages Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (March 1, 1988)

• The Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 (Anatomy of the Ship) by Peter Goodwin
  Hardcover: 125 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (February 1, 1990)

• The Frigate Diana (Anatomy of the Ship) by David White
  Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (November 18, 2003)

• The Art of Rigging by Captain George Biddlecombe
  Paperback: 192 pages - Dover Publications; Reprint edition (July 1, 1990)

• Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intricacies of the Square-Rig by Lennarth Petersson Hardcover: 128 pages - Naval Institute Press (November 1, 2000)

• Eighteenth-Century Rigs & Rigging by Karl Heinz Marquardt
  Hardcover: 330 pages - Phoenix Publications (WI) (January, 1992)

• The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720 by R. C. Anderson
  Paperback: 278 pages - Dover Publications; Reprint edition (April 1, 1994)

• The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor : Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship by Darcy Lever
  Paperback: 256 pages Dover Publications; Dover ed edition (August 5, 1998)

• Modelling Sailing Men-of-War: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Manual by Philip Reed
  Hardcover: 192 pages -Naval Institute Press (September 1, 2000)

• Sea Tale Books has a wide selection of Nautical Books including ship modelling books.

The Times of the Tall Ship Novels:

C. S. Forester's Capt'n Horatio Hornblower captured my imagination as a child; later as an adult I have enjoyed reading many other novels set in the times of the Tall Ships. Among my favorite authors are Alexander Kent, Dudley Pope, Dewey Lambkin, C Northcote Parkinson, Dan Parkinson, and in particular, Patrick O'Brian.
• Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815 by Nathan Miller
  Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Wiley (July 2, 2000)

• Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815 by Brian Turnstall
  Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Book Sales (September 1, 2001)

• Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815 by Brian Lavery
  Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (February 14, 2000)

• Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-Of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources by John Harland
  Hardcover: 320 pages - Naval Institute Press (August 1, 1984)

• The Star Captains: Frigate Command in the Napoleonic Wars by Tom Wareham
  Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (October 1, 2001)

• The World of Jack Aubrey: Twelve-Pounders, Frigates, Cutlasses, and Insignia of His Majesty's Royal Navy by David Miller
  Hardcover: 80 pages Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers (October 1, 2003)

• A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf, J. Worth Estes
  Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: Owl Books; 3rd edition (October 1, 2000)

• Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian by Brian Lavery
  Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (October 1, 2003)

• Harbors and High Seas, : An Atlas and Georgraphical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian, Third Edition by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf
  Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Owl Books; 3rd edition (October 1, 2000)

• Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels of Patrick O'Brian by Anthony Gary Brown
  Paperback: 342 pages Publisher: McFarland & Company (July, 1999)

• Lobscouse & Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas, Patrick O'Brian
  Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st ed edition (November 1, 1997)

• Internet Links:
  • McBooks Historical books An Index to the Novelists and their books
  • Novels of Nelson's Navy Indexes Authors, Characters, Battles, Etc.
  • Tall Ships books Books and author links
  • Patrick O'Brian: Gunroom Guide . . .
  • Alexander Kent/ Douglas Reeman: Bolitho Maritime . . A Kent . . Bolitho books
  • Sea Tale Books has a wide selection of both historical and fictional Books.
    • Napoleonic Sea Era Books
    • Howard Chapelle - Well known Naval Historian
    • Dewey Lambkin (with Links to other Nautical Authors at the bottom).
    
    





Media: Film and Audio



• Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
  (DVD - Widescreen Collector's Edition) (2003)

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  (Music from the Motion Picture) [SOUNDTRACK] Audio CD (November 11, 2003)

• Musical Evenings With The Captain
  Audio CD (June 18, 1996)

• Musical Evenings with the Captain, Vol. 2
  Audio CD (November 18, 1997)

• Roast Beef of Old England
  (Traditional Sailor Songs) Audio CD (August 15, 2000)

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