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Sea Stories Genre

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Books in the Sea Stories genre:

The Children’s Hour Volume 13 (1953)

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A collection of adventure tales.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Dorothy Canfield
Elizabeth Enright
William Heyliger
Astrid Lindgren
Marie McSwigan
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s): Louis S. Glanzman
Hardie Gramatky
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Henry C. Pitz
Kate Seredy
Armstrong Sperry
Et al

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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

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Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea. Rea... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Ralph Pallen Coleman

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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

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Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Val Biro

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The Merry Shipwreck (1953)

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While Captain Barnacle is away, the mice set his barge adrift.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Sailor Dog (1953)

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Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Tim in Danger (1953)

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When Ginger runs away to sea, Tim and Charlotte sign on to a ship to follow him and endure many hardships before they all see home again. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp (1954)

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The exploits of an intrepid sailor who goes to great lengths to help an old lady.

Author(s): Stephen Corrin
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Sign of the Seven Seas (1954)

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Chris is sent back in time on another adventure, this time around Cape Horn in search of treasure. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)

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School is closed by an epidemic and the Brice children spend the long vacation helping to build a cabin on a small sailboat. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Good Shepherd (1955)

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Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): R. A. Genders

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The Good Shepherd (1955)

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Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): David Cobb

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Guns for the Saratoga (1955)

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Gideon Jones helps his father cast guns for the American Navy’s new sloop-of-war, then decides to join her crew to fight the British.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John O’Hara Cosgrave, II

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I Play at the Beach (1955)

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A girl enjoys a sunny day at the beach.

Author(s): Dorothy Koch
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1955)

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Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safe at home again. This post-war edition was completely redrawn and additional text added to make it the standard 48 page length. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Minnow on the Say (1955)

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David and Adam spend the summer in a canoe, The Minnow, on the River Say searching for a lost treasure. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)

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Scuffy wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the ocean.

Author(s): Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Viking's Dawn (1955)

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A story of Viking explorations.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

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The Age of Fighting Sail (1956)

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The fledgling United States Navy with its super frigates take on the best navy in the world.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Sydney Butchkes
Rafael Palacios

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Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)

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In 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and founded the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas at Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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The Bird of Dawning (1956)

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The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.

This is the fourth English edition.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): A. R. Thomson, R.A.

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