Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time …
My Danish Sweetheart
Young Hugh Tregarthen has grown up in a seafaring Cornish family, but is not born to follow the family tradition. Against his mother's wishe…
Rugged Water
Joseph C. Lincoln was a prolific author who wrote many short stories and novels centering on life in a fictionalized Cape Cod. In this novel…
The Shipwreck
A semi-autobiographical poem in three cantos recounts the wreck of the merchant ship Britannia. Written by William Falconer, a seaman of so…
The Watchman and Other Poems
While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…
In Search of Mademoiselle
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts…
The Wreck of the Golden Mary
The Wreck of the Golden Mary is a gripping short story by Charles Dickens that transports listeners to the treacherous waters of the 1850s. …
The Rover
This is Joseph Conrad's last novel. Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. The arrival of …
The Sea-Witch
The Sea-Witch by Maturin Murray Ballou invites listeners into a world of adventure and romance on the high seas. This nautical tale follows …
The Young Ice Whalers
Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…
Captain Blood
Captain Blood is a historical novel written by Rafael Sabatini, about a quiet country doctor who gets swept away by the aftermath of the Mon…
Atlantis
Frederick von Kammacher is a young doctor in Germany whose wife has gone insane, whose children are in a boarding school, and whose career h…
Moonraker
Young Jackie runs away to sea and before long his ship is captured by pirates. Now sailing with the Moonraker and its captain, Jacky reaches…
Treasure Island
When a rough old seaman calling himself "the Captain" appears at the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' father, young Jim little dreams wha…
Selected Public Domain Poems
Selected Public Domain Poems showcases the maritime and philosophical themes that define the work of John Masefield, a celebrated English po…
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
Dans ce roman, le scientifique français Pierre Aronnax, son fidèle domestique Conseil et le harponneur canadien Ned Land sont …
A Marriage at Sea
Herbert Barclay is desperately in love with Grace Bellassys, but a number of factors stand in the way of their happiness, the biggest of whi…
The Ice Queen
When four young people decide to undertake a skating trek across the Arctic ice, there are sure to be adventures. Aleck becomes “Captain,” …
The Beach of Dreams
Two sailors, Harbutt and Raft, discuss their plight as workers under the thumb of a wealthy owner. During a windstorm, Raft and his fellow h…
My Danish Sweetheart
Volume 3 continues the story of Hugh Tregarthen and Helga Nielsen as they embark on a tumultuous sea journey aboard the ship Light of the Wo…