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Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
Life on the Mississippi (1927)
Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart
Tom Cringle’s Log (1927)
This is a sea story of the British Navy in the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. It centers on action and runs pell-mell.
Author(s):
Michael Scott
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
The Black Buccaneer (1928)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
Drums (1928)
This is the story of Johnny Fraser and his part in the Revolutionary War in the South.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Boyd
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1928)
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.
Author(s):
Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s):
John Rae
Frank Schoonover
Mutiny Island (1928)
The captain and crew of the Splendid Dawn are marooned on Mutiny Island after they are captured by tender-hearted pirates.
Author(s):
Charles M. Bennett
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Smuggler’s Island and the Devil Fires of San Moros (1928)
Author(s):
Clarissa Kneeland
Illustrator(s):
Wallace Goldsmith
F. C. Yohn
The Story of Old Ironsides: The Cradle of the United States Navy (1928)
Author(s):
Alden Arthur Knipe
Emilie Benson Knipe
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
Brown on Resolution (1929)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Ellis Silas
Courageous Companions (1929)
The story of an English lad who sails with Magellan around the world.
Author(s):
Charles Finger
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Deep Water Days (1929)
A collection of sea stories with illustrations by different artists.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
N. C. Wyeth
Et al
Lord Nelson (1929)
A biography of Britain’s greatest Admiral, based on his letters and dispatches.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Pirate Twins (1929)
Mary finds two little pirate twins on the beach and takes them home with her, but they eventually return to the sea.
Author(s):
William Nicholson
Illustrator(s):
William Nicholson
Single-Handed (1929)
On the desolate Galapagos island of Resolution, Leading Seaman Albert Brown ties down a German cruiser.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
The Voyage of the Annie Marble (1929)
The author takes a small motor boat on the rivers of the France.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Annie Marble in Germany (1930)
The author of the Hornblower saga takes a motor boat on the German inland waterways.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Judy of the Whale Gates (1930)
A story of shipwreck in Alaska.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Burrows
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck (1930)
Those two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy go adventuring in the Marie Celeste.
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Swallows and Amazons (1930)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier