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Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1937)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The Log of Christopher Columbus’ First Voyage to America in the Year 1492 (1938)
An adaptation of Columbus’ description of his first voyage to America.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Bartolomé de las Casas
Illustrator(s):
John O’Hara Cosgrave, II
Sharp Ears, the Baby Whale (1938)
The story of a baby whale.
Author(s):
John Yocum Beaty
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Ship of the Line (1938)
Given command of the two-decker HMS Sutherland, Hornblower harries the Spanish and French coasts.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Ship of the Line (1938)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
Swallowdale (1938)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons (1938)
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):
Arthur Ransome
Clifford Webb
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1938)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1938)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Unknown
Captain Horatio Hornblower (3 volumes) (1939)
This uniform three volume set includes Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line and Flying Colours.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Captain Horatio Hornblower (omnibus) (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Captain Hornblower, R.N. (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Flying Colours (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Flying Colours (1939)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
Flying Colours including Ship of the Line (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance. This special book club edition includes Ship of the Line as well.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
Secret Water (1939)
The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The Ship that Flew (1939)
Peter buys a model ship from an antique store for “all the money he has in the world -- and a little bit more” and discovers it can carry its owners through space and time.
Author(s):
Hilda Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Nora Lavrin
The Big Six (1940)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The Bounty Trilogy (1940)
An omnibus edition of Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn’s Island.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Clear for Action! (1940)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Frank Beaudouin