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Best books about the sea, sailing, whaling, or fishing? Preferably nothing too modern

>> No.7490840

moby dick

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>>7490829
Fleet tactics and coastal combat by Wayne Huges

Someone on reddit (inb4 >reddit) made fun of me for liking Military Doctrine and theory books but I don't know, you might like them !

>> No.7490852

Lord Jim
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

>> No.7490859

Moby Dick
a bunch of Conrad's
Typhoon
The Shadow Line
Youth
Victory
The Nigger of the Narcissus
The Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian though book 2 in the series is pretty much land locked
Captains Courageous and Treasure Island but they're more kids books

>> No.7490861

>>7490829
The Sound of Waves and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea. They aren't so much about actual sailing and the sea, more dealing with some of the weirder romanticism that surrounds them

>> No.7490872

>>7490848
Any other Military Doctrine and theory books not about naval combat?

>> No.7490873

Eugene O'Neill had a bunch of one act plays called the SS Glencairn plays they included The Long Voyage Home; In the Zone: The Moon over the Caribees and Bound East for Cardiff
very atmospheric, good dialogue and pretty good story-telling in general

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>> No.7490902

The Old Man and the Sea
Islands in the Stream
To Have and Have Not

>> No.7490910

Far Tortuga
island of the blue Dolphins
Lord of the flies
The old man and the sea

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>>7490872
This one, "The Changes in German Tactical Doctrine During the First World War"
is not a book as it is an essay but it is really interesting and it is readily available online ( http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/lupfer.pdf ) !

>> No.7490935

>>7490924
Cool. I just read a book on Napoleonic tactics.
You should make a gdoc list of military theory books.

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One of the leading experts on George Berkeley wrote a book called Fishing and Thinking.

>This angling classic belongs in the tackle box or bookshelf of every thinking fly fisherman. An avid angler in the streams, rivers, tarns, and lakes of Ireland, A. A. Luce believed fly fishing offered unique opportunities for reflection. This engrossing study of the most intellectual of outdoor pursuits is his gift to like-minded souls everywhere.