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Sea Stories Genre

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Books in the Sea Stories genre:

Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836)

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Young Jack Easy has assimilated his father's theory of the equality of man, but has yet to reconcile it with things as they are, so is sent to sea to learn a little discipline. This combination of adventure story, satire and humor was the best-writte... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): None

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Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe (1840)

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Shortly after qualifying as a physician, the author signed on to a three year's voyage on a whaler header for the South Sea fishery. This two-volume work is considered one of the most accurate descriptions of industry. There are extensive description... View More

Author(s): Frederick Debell Bennett
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

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His studies at Harvard interrupted by vision problems, the author embarked as a merchant seaman aboard the brig Pilgrim in 1834 on a voyage to Alta California, still under Mexican rule. After helping to cure and load a cargo of cow hides, he was tran... View More

Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s): None

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Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841)

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This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Allen Robert Branston

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Moby Dick or The Whale (1851)

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Moby Dick or The Whale has a good claim to the title of The Great American Novel. Based on the story of the Essex, whaler, destroyed by a whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, Melville draws on his own experiences as a seaman. Read online at Hathitrus... View More

Author(s): Herman Melville
Illustrator(s): None

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The Coral Island (1858)

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Three young men are shipwrecked on a desert island in the south Pacific. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): R. M. Ballantyne

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Treasure Island (1883)

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When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Adventures of Captain Horn (1895)

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Castaways on the desert coast of South America discover a mountain of gold. How to safely secure it? Read for free online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): None

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“Captains Courageous” A Story of the Grand Banks (1895)

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Harvey Cheyne falls overboard from his liner on the Grand Banks and is picked up by a cod fisherman who proceeds to make a man of him. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): John Lockwood Kipling

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Mr. Midshipman Easy (1895)

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A young man, who seems very like a fool, is sent to sea and makes good.

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum

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The Red True Story Book (1895)

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A collection of true stories of adventure and heroism. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Blue True Story Book (1896)

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A collection of true historical adventures, including the conquest of Mexico. This is a shorter version of The True Story Book intended for schools. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford
Et al

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Mr. Midshipman Easy (1896)

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This novel based on the author's service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 combines naval adventure, satire and humor.  It is perhaps the best written of the author's works from a literary point of view, being comp... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Fred Pegram

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Captain Castle: A Tale of the China Seas (1897)

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Dick Quenton gets more than he bargained for when he ships as second mate on a tramp steamer from Singapore to Batavia, what with mutiny, typhoons, pirates and plague. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Carlton Dawe
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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“Captains Courageous” A Story of the Grand Banks (1897)

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Harvey Cheyne falls overboard from his liner on the Grand Banks and is picked up by a cod fisherman who proceeds to make a man of him. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): I. W. Taber

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The Grey Lady (1897)

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The story of twin brothers from a Navy family and what happens when one flunks out of officer’s school. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Henry Seton Merriman
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Navy Alphabet (1900)

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A verse alphabet on naval themes. Read online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Charles J. Costello
Harry Kennedy

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The Peradventures of Private Pagett (1904)

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Humorous misadventures of a member of His Britannic Majesty’s navy and army. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Major W. P. Drury
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Two Years Before the Mast (1904)

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The author shipped before the mast on a voyage to California in 1834 to collect a cargo of hides.

Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Ruby of Kishmoor (1908)

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Jonathan Rugg is set on a quest to recover the famous gem, looted by a pirate from an eastern queen. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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