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Books about sailing and the sea Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:03:13 2020 No.14498423 [Reply] [Original]

hard mode: no Moby Dick

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:26:23 2020 No.14498506 >>14498423 Tai Pan? (Kill me it’s ok)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:27:06 2020 No.14498509 >>14498423 Lots of Conrad books, Youth is very short I think it’s only a short story but it’s my favourite by far

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:29:05 2020 No.14498514 File: 45 KB, 329x499, 6114a9mAzNL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:29:10 2020 No.14498517 >>14498423 Aubrey and Maturin series.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:29:11 2020 No.14498518 >>14498423 Literally all the other non-Moby Dick books by Melville. Also Master and Commander? Treasure Island?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:30:00 2020 No.14498521 Conrad Typhoon The Nigger of the Narcissus Victory The Shadow Line Aubrey - Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian The Riddle of the Sands A High Wind in Jamaica In Hazard The Last Grain Race The Long Ships Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn

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>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:31:21 2020 No.14498533 Not OP but does anyone know any good books about pirates?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:34:10 2020 No.14498548 File: 62 KB, 329x499, 61XTyLcP0sL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >books about the sea any of Hoare's books

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>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:46:47 2020 No.14498594 >>14498533 A High Wind in Jamaica Treasure Island The Letter of Marquee Another one of the Aubrey-Maturin series has Jack take on a crew of Malaysians who display some bloodthirsty pirate tactics but I can’t remember which one it was

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>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:50:45 2020 No.14498606 The Sea Wolf by London Pretty much anything written by Joseph Conrad.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:52:26 2020 No.14498612 The Horatio Hornblower novels by CS Forester. Not as complex as Aubrey-Maturin but entertaining and easy to read.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:57:41 2020 No.14498629 File: 1.45 MB, 1275x1650, 47F587BB-EC50-470C-816E-131B91322C5B.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Eugene O’Neill wrote a bunch of sea and sailor plays. The SS Glencairn Plays, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, Where the Cross is Made

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:04:58 2020 No.14498906 Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Restlessness of Shanti Andia

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:11:53 2020 No.14498929 Patrick O'Brian is the best companion for the sea.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:14:14 2020 No.14498943 >>14498506 >>14498509 >>14498514 >>14498517 >>14498518 >>14498521 >>14498525 >>14498533 >>14498548 >>14498573 >>14498594 >>14498604 >>14498606 >>14498612 >>14498629 >>14498906 >>14498929 You are all faggots.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:15:51 2020 No.14498950 >>14498423 The Bible

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:22:24 2020 No.14498976 File: 51 KB, 840x547, possessed-anal-nun-masturbates-xxx-horror-image-1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14498950 Fuck off christ-fag.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:23:51 2020 No.14498983 >>14498976 Degenerate

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:34:11 2020 No.14499011 >>14498533 On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 21:22:56 2020 No.14499216 File: 9 KB, 178x283, images (2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14498423 A good one here

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:01:27 2020 No.14499357 >>14498943 you on the other hand are baited by faggots

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:02:37 2020 No.14499360 Fishboy Read Fishboy Its great

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:07:08 2020 No.14499370 Dove. Nonfiction and a great book. I also recommend Kon Tiki, very fascinating human history mixed in with a hard sea voyage. Also non-fiction.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:08:11 2020 No.14499376 File: 471 KB, 1000x772, Dove.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14499370 Forgot to add an image.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:12:14 2020 No.14499389 File: 129 KB, 300x300, Lusiads_1201.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:14:24 2020 No.14499399 File: 33 KB, 312x499, 51oCZKH93sL._SX310_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >it's a 6 different characters go on weird, maniacal rants over a gold coin for several pages chapter

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:23:19 2020 No.14499418 The Boats of the Glen Carrig by William Hope Hodgson

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 22:41:16 2020 No.14499472

>The Shipping News - Proulx
>The Boundless Sea - Abulafia
>The Log from the Sea of Cortez - Steinbeck
>Log of the SS The Mrs. Unguentine - Crawford
>The Terror - Simmons
>The Perfect Storm - Hunger
>Into the Raging Sea - Slade
>Dreadnaught: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War - Massie
>Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea - Massie

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 23:33:02 2020 No.14499653 The Death Ship by B. Traven. I think he has some other seafaring stories.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 23:52:14 2020 No.14499749 >>14498423 Two Years Before the Mast is supposedly a big influence on Melville

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 00:00:02 2020 No.14499795 File: 1.03 MB, 3860x1264, nautical lit.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14498423

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 00:06:08 2020 No.14499812 File: 230 KB, 1228x1150, 1569722603921.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >nobody has mentioned Gordon Pym

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 02:00:01 2020 No.14500212 Wreck of the Titan was interesting when it veered into the insurance coverage debate regarding the loss of the ship. Also, everyone should give a look at The Bluejacket's Manual and Knight's Modern Seamanship.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 02:11:16 2020 No.14500265 >>14498506 It's at best ok, but the moralising tai pan is just not in the right place or time

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 02:48:57 2020 No.14500372 >>14499812 mate just post your book and go

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:23:22 2020 No.14500469 >>14498423 The Other Side of the Mountain by Michel Bernanos Do yourself a favor and read it. It's short and to the point.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:25:03 2020 No.14500472 >>14498423 >>14500469 Also Lila: An Inquiry into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig

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