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Books
The Rover by Joseph Conrad
The Rescue by Joseph Conrad
Sea Stories by Lincoln Colcord
Wooden Boats by Michael Ruhlman
The Age of the Fighting Sail by C.S. Forester
The Dawn's Early Light by Walter Lord
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
The Seaman's Friend by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833 by Charles Tyng
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor by Darcy Lever
The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith
The Art of Rigging by Captain George Biddlecombe
1812 Maritime Trilogy by William White:
- A Press of Canvas
- A Fine Tops'l Breeze
- The Evening Gun
Seamanship in the Age of Sail by John Harland
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Films
Damn the Defiant! (1962), directed by Lewis Gilbert
That Hamilton Woman (1941), directed by Alexander Korda
Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), directed by Raoul Walsh
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), directed by Frank Lloyd
The Bounty (1984), directed by Roger Donaldson
Captains Courageous (1937), directed by Victor Fleming
Old Ironsides (1926), directed by James Cruze
The Sea Wolf (1941), directed by Michael Curtiz
Captain Blood (1935), directed by Michael Curtiz
High Wind in Jamaica (1965), directed by Alexander Mackendrick
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Television
Horatio Hornblower (A&E)
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Web sites
www.eraoftheclipperships.com
www.militaryheritage.com
www.tallship.co.uk
www.seahistory.org
www.schoonerman.com
www.mysticseaport.org
www.tallshipnewswire.com
www.mauijim.com
www.lahacal.org
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Lynx Links
American Sail Training Association
U.S. Naval Institute
Michael Ruhlman and his book Wooden Boats
Rockport Marine
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry
Piscataqua Maritime Commission and Portsmouth, NH
Fell's Point, Maryland
Bitter End Yacht Club
Orange County Boy Scout Sea Base
Historical Sea Stories by W.H. White
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