Maritime History

The Deadliest Sea

Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History by Kalee Thompson, William Morrow, Hardcover, 2010.

Michael Connolly

Nov 28, 20251 min read

Endurance

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, Basic Books, 2015.

Michael Connolly

Nov 16, 20251 min read

Longitude

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobell, Bloomsbury USA, 2007.

Michael Connolly

Nov 8, 20251 min read

Shadow Divers

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson, Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2005.

Michael Connolly

Oct 16, 20251 min read

Batavia's Graveyard

Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny by Mike Dash, Crown Reprint, Paperback, 2003.

Michael Connolly

Oct 16, 20251 min read

Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, with Annette Lawrence Drew, Harper Paperbacks, 1999. Navies This book describes how U.S. Navy diesel and nuclear submarines fought the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Topics : collisions of U.S. and Soviet submarines sinking of submarines submarines tailing one another U.S. submarines spying on Soviet military naval ports attempts to salvage sunken submarines rescu

Michael Connolly

Oct 7, 20251 min read