American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes

American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes

Introduction


A

ADAMS, BERTRAM MARTIN [BILL ADAMS]

[ADAMS, WILLIAM TAYLOR], “OLIVER OPTIC”

THE ADMIRAL

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN DAY

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE OF THE SEA

AHAB

[AIKEN, CONRAD POTTER], “SAMUEL JEAKE JR.”

ALABAMA

ALBEE, EDWARD

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY

THE ALGERINE CAPTIVE

ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT

ALONGSHORE

AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE OF THE SEA AND THE GREAT LAKES

AMES, NATHANIEL

AMISTAD

ANTARCTICA

THE ARCTIC

ARGENTO, DOMINICK

THE ARK OF THE MARINDOR

ASHTON’S MEMORIAL

ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES

AVERILL, CHARLES

AWAY ALL BOATS


B

“BALDWIN, BATES.”

[BALLOU, MATURIN MURRAY], “LIEUT. MURRAY,” “FRANK FORESTER”

BARKER, BENJAMIN

BARNES, JAMES

BARTH, JOHN [SIMMONS]

BATES, MARTHA E. CRAM

THE BAY PSALM BOOK

BEACH, EDWARD LATIMER [JR.]

BEACH, EDWARD LATIMER, SR.

BEEBE, WILLIAM [CHARLES]

BEHRMAN, S[AMUEL]. N[ATHANIEL]

BENCHLEY, PETER [BRADFORD]

“BENITO CERENO”

BERRYMAN, JOHN

BESTON [SHEAHAN], HENRY

THE BETHELS

BILLYBUDD

BINNS, ARCHIE [FRED]

BISHOP, ELIZABETH

BISHOP, JOHN PEALE

BLAKE; OR, THE HUTS OF AMERICA

BLATCHFORD, JOHN

BLESS ME, ULTIMA

THE BOAT OF LONGING

BONHOMME RICHARD

BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL

BOYER, DWIGHT

BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY MARIE

BRADBURY, RAY [DOUGLAS]

BRADY, CYRUS [TOWNSEND]

BREWER, “LUCY”

BRIDGE, HORATIO

BRIGGS, CHARLES FREDERICK

BRINKLEY, WILLIAM CLARK

BRITISH INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN SEA LITERATURE

BROADSIDES

BROOKS, KENNETH F., JR.

BROWNE, JOHN ROSS

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN

BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F[RANK]., Jr.

“BUNTLINE, NED.”

BURLAND, BRIAN [BERKELEY]

BURTS, ROBERT

BYLES, MATHER


C

CADWELL, CLARA [GERTRUDE]

CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN

CALVIN, JACK

CANADIAN LITERATURE OF THE SEA

CAPE COD

CAPE HORN

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS

CARIBBEAN LITERATURE OF THE SEA

CARLISLE, HENRY COFFIN

CARSE, ROBERT

CARSON, RACHEL [LOUISE]

CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL

CHASE, OWEN

CHEEVER, HENRY T[HEODORE]

CHEEVER, JOHN

CHOPIN, KATE [O’FLAHERTY]

CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS AND BLUE-WATER PASSAGES

CLANCY, TOM

[CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE], “MARK TWAIN”

[CODMAN, JOHN], “CAPTAIN RINGBOLT”

COKER, DANIEL

COLCORD, JOANNA CARVER

COLCORD, LINCOLN ROSS

COLUMBUS PLAYS

CONFEDERATE NAVAL FICTION

CONNELL, EVAN S[HELBY]., JR.

COOMER, JOE

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE

CORWIN

COXE, LOUIS O[SBORNE]

COZZENS, JAMES GOULD

CRANE, [HAROLD] HART

CRANE, STEPHEN

CREELEY, ROBERT [WHITE]

CRUISING LITERATURE

CUFFE, PAUL

CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER

CUSSLER, CLIVE [ERIC]


D

DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR.

DANA, RICHARD HENRY, SR.

“DANFORTH, HARRY.”

DARING THE SEA: THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST MEN TO ROW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

DAVIS, REBECCA HARDING

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING

DEAN, HARRY [FOSTER]

THE DEATH SHIP

DELANO, AMASA

DESROSIERS, lEO-PAUL

DICKEY, JAMES [LAFAYETTE]

DICKINSON, EMILY [ELIZABETH]

DISTURNELL, JOHN

DONER, MARY FRANCES

D[OOLITTLE]., H[ILDA]

A DOOR INTO OCEAN

DOUGLASS, FREDERICK

DRAMA OF THE SEA

DREAMING IN CUBAN

DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE

DUNLAP, WILLIAM


E

EBERHART, RICHARD [GHORMLEY]

EDMUND FITZGERALD

EISELEY, LOREN C[OREY]

ELIOT, T[HOMAS]. S[TEARNS]

ELLIS, EDWARD SYLVESTER

ELLMS, CHARLES

ELLSBERG, EDWARD

“THE ENCANTADAS”

EQUIANO, OLAUDAH

ESSEX


F

FANNING, EDMUND

FANNING, NATHANIEL

FAR TORTUGA

FAREWELL TO THE SEA

FATHER MAPPLE

FAULKNER, WILLIAM [CUTHBERT]

FERRINI, VINCENT

FINAL PASSAGES

FITZGERALD, F[RANCIS]. SCOTT

“FORESTER, FRANK.”

FRENEAU, PHILIP [MORIN]

FROST, ROBERT [LEE]

FULLER [MCCOY], IOLA

FULLER, [SARAH] MARGARET


G

GAFF TOPSAILS

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS LITERATURE

GALLERY, DANIEL V[INCENT]

GALLOWAY, LES [EDWARD WILLIAM]

GANN, ERNEST K[ELLOGG]

GARDNER, JOHN [CHAMPLIN]

“GARNETT, CAPT. MAYN CLEW.”

GHOSTS AND GHOST SHIP LEGENDS

GILKERSON, WILLIAM

GLASPELL, SUSAN [KEATING]

GLENCAIRN

GLOBE MUTINY

GLOUCESTER

GOODRICH, MARCUS [AURELIUS]

GOULD, JOHN W.

GREAT LAKES BALLADS

GREAT LAKES CHANTEYS

GREAT LAKES LITERATURE

GREAT LAKES MYTHS AND LEGENDS

GREEN, PAUL [ELIOT]

GUTERSON, DAVID S.


H

[HAINS, THORNTON JENKINS], “CAPTAIN MAYN CLEW GARNETT”

HALE, EDWARD EVERETT

HALEY, ALEX

HALL, JAMES NORMAN

HALL, LAWRENCE SARGENT

HALLET, RICHARD MATTHEWS

“HALYARD, HARRY”

HARLOW, FREDERICK PEASE

HARPER, MICHAEL S[TEVEN]

THE HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION

HARRY MARTINGALE: OR, ADVENTURES OF A WHALEMAN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

HART, JOSEPH C.

HARTE, [FRANCIS] BRET[T]

DE HARTOG, JAN

HAVIGHURST, WALTER [EDWIN]

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL

HAYDEN, ROBERT [EARL]

HAYDEN, STERLING [RELYEA WALTER]

“HAZEL, HARRY.”

HEARN, [PATRICIO] LAFCADIO [TESSIMA CARLOS]

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST MILLER

[HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM], “FRANK FORESTER”

HERNE, JAMES A[HERN]

HERSEY, JOHN [RICHARD]

HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH

HINE, EPHRAIM CURTISS

THE HISTORY OF CONSTANTIUS AND PULCHERA, OR, CONSTANCY REWARDED

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

HOUGH, HENRY BEETLE

HOUSTON, JAMES [ARCHIBALD]

HOWE, TINA

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN

HUGHES, [JAMES MERCER] LANGSTON

HURLBUT, FRANCES [BRINDEL]

HUSSEY, CYRUS W.


I

INGRAHAM, JOSEPH HOLT

IRVING, WASHINGTON

ISHMAEL

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM


J

JACK TAR

JAMES, HENRY

JAVA HEAD

JEFFERS, [JOHN] ROBINSON

JENNINGS, JOHN EDWARD, JR.

JEWETT, SARAH ORNE

JEWITT, JOHN RODGERS

JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS WITH SOME SEA PIECES

JOHNSON, IRVING [McCLURE]

JOINING THE NAVY, OR ABROAD WITH UNCLE SAM

JONES, JOHN PAUL

[JONES, JUSTIN] “HARRY HAZEL”

JOURNALS AND LOGBOOKS

[JUDSON, EDWARD ZANE CARROLL], “NED BUNTLINE”

JUVENILE LITERATURE


K

KENNEY, SUSAN [McILVAINE]

KENT, ROCKWELL

KESEY, KEN [ELTON]

KEY WEST LITERATURE

KING, STEPHEN [EDWIN]

KOEPF, MICHAEL


L

LAFITTE, JEAN

LAING, ALEXANDER [KINNAN]

LAKEBOAT

LANE, CARL [DANIEL]

LARCOM, LUCY

LATINO/A LITERATURE OF THE SEA

LAY, WILLIAM

LE GUIN, URSULA K[ROEBER]

LEDYARD, JOHN

LEGENDS AND MYTHS

LEGGETT, WILLIAM

LIEBERMAN, LAURENCE [JAMES]

LIFESAVING LITERATURE

LIGHTHOUSE LITERATURE

LINCOLN, JOSEPH C[ROSBY]

LINDBERGH, ANNE MORROW

LODGE, GEORGE CABOT

THE LOG OF THE SKIPPER’S WIFE

LONDON, JACK

LONG TOM COFFIN

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH

LONGFELLOW, SAMUEL

LONGITUDE: THE TRUE STORY OF A LONE GENIUS WHO SOLVED THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM OF HIS TIME

LONGITUDE 49

LOVECRAFT, H[OWARD]. P[HILLIPS]

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL

LOWELL, ROBERT, JR. [TRAILL SPENCE]


M

MacDONALD, JOHN D[ANN]

MacHARG, WILLIAM [BRIGGS]

MACK, WILLIAM P[ADEN]

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER SLIDELL

MacLEISH, ARCHIBALD

MARDI AND A VOYAGE THITHER

MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY SERIES

“MAROONED” LITERATURE

MARTIN, WILLIAM

MARTIN EDEN

“MARTINGALE, HAWSER.”

MARY CELESTE

MASON, ARTHUR

MASON, F[RANCIS]. VAN WYCK

MASON & DIXON

MATHER, COTTON

MATTHIESSEN, PETER

MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE

MAYO, WILLIAM S[TARBUCK]

McCORMICK, JAY W.

McKENNA, RICHARD [MILTON]

McNALLY, TERENCE

McPHEE, JOHN [ANGUS]

MELVILLE, HERMAN

MELVILLE DRAMATIZATIONS

MELVILLE’S POETRY OF THE SEA

MEN’S LIVES

MEREDITH, WILLIAM [MORRIS]

MERMAID LITERATURE

MERRIMACK

MERWIN, SAMUEL

MERWIN, W[ILLIAM]. S[TANLEY]

METCALF, PAUL [CUTHBERT]

MICHENER, JAMES A[LBERT]

MIDDLE PASSAGE

MIDSHIPMAN LITERATURE

MISTER ROBERTS

MOBY-DICK, OR THE WHALE

MONITOR AND MERRIMACK

MOORE, CHRISTOPHER K.

MOORE, MARIANNE [CRAIG]

MOORE, RUTH

MORRELL, ABBY JANE [WOOD]

MORRELL, BENJAMIN

MOWAT, FARLEY [MCGILL]

MR. PENROSE: THE JOURNAL OF PENROSE, SEAMAN

MRS. CALIBAN

MURPHY, ROBERT CUSHMAN

“MURRAY, LIEUT.”

MUTINIES

MYTHS


N

THE NAGLE JOURNAL: A DIARY OF THE LIFE OF JACOB NAGLE, SAILOR, FROM THE YEAR 1775 TO 1841

NANTUCKET

NANTUCKET CYCLE

THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET

NAVAL FICTION

NAVAL MEMOIRS

NELSON, JAMES L.

NEMEROV, HOWARD [STANLEY]

NICKERSON, THOMAS

NINETEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICALS

NORDHOFF, CHARLES

NORDHOFF, CHARLES [BERNARD] AND JAMES NORMAN HALL

NORRIS, [BENJAMIN] FRANK[LIN]

THE NORTHWEST COAST

THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE


O

OCEAN LINER DRAMA

OGILVIE, ELISABETH [MAY]

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

OLIVER, MARY

OLMSTED, FRANCIS ALLYN

OLSON, CHARLES [JOHN]

OLSON, [MERLE THEODORE] TOBY

OMOO

O’NEILL, EUGENE [GLADSTONE]

“OPTIC, OLIVER.”

THE ORDINARY SEAMAN

OUT OF MY DEPTHS: A SWIMMER IN THE UNIVERSE


P

PALATINE

PARETSKY, SARA

THE PATHFINDER

PEQUOD

PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES

THE PERFECT STORM

PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW [CALBRAITH]

[PETERSON, CHARLES JACOB], “HARRY DANFORTH,” “J. THORNTON RANDOLPH”

PHELPS, ELIZABETH [STUART]

PHIPS, WILLIAM

“PIETAS IN PATRIAM: THE LIFE OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR WILLIAM PHIPS”

THE PILOT

PIRATE LITERATURE

THE PIRATE’S DAUGHTER

PITCAIRN ISLAND

A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS

PLATH, SYLVIA

POE, EDGAR ALLAN

PORTER, DAVID

PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE

POUND, EZRA [LOOMIS]

POYER, DAVID [ANDREISSEN]

PUEBLO

THE PUMPHOUSE GANG

PYLE, [JOHN] HOWARD


Q

QUEEG, CAPTAIN

QUEEQUEG


R

RATIGAN, WILLIAM O.

THE RAVEN

THE RECOGNITIONS

THE RED RECORD

THE RED ROVER

REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE

REYNOLDS, J[EREMIAH]. N.

RICE, ELMER

RICHARD, MARK

RICKETTS, EDWARD F[LANDERS]

RIESENBERG, FELIX

RILEY, JAMES

“RINGBOLT, CAPTAIN.”

RIVER-HORSE: THE LOGBOOK OF A BOAT ACROSS AMERICA

[ROARK, GARLAND], “GEORGE GARLAND”

ROBERTS, KENNETH [LEWIS]

ROBERTSON, MORGAN

A ROMANCE OF THE SEA-SERPENT

ROWSON, SUSANNA H[ASWELL]

RUDLOE, JACK [J.]


S

SAMUELS, SAMUEL

SANDBURG, CARL [AUGUST]

SANTAYANA, GEORGE [JORGE AUGUSTIN NICOLAS RUIZDE]

SANTIAGO

SARGENT, EPES

SCENES ON LAKE HURON

SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE

SEA-DELIVERANCE NARRATIVES

THE SEA HORSE

SEA IMAGERY IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY

THE SEA LIONS

SEA MARKS

SEA MUSIC

THE SEA SERPENT; OR, GLOUCESTER HOAX

THE SEA-WOLF

“SEABORN, ADAM.”

“SEAFARER.”

SEARLS, HENRY HUNT “HANK,” JR.

SEASCAPE WITH SHARKS AND DANCER

SECOND SKIN

SEMMES, RAPHAEL

SERAPIS

SHANGHAIING

SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA

THESHIPPINGNEWS

SHIPWRECK LITERATURE

SHORE LEAVE MUSICALS

SIEGEL, ROBERT HAROLD

SIGOURNEY, LYDIA [HOWARD HUNTLEY]

SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE

SISTER WATER

SLAVE NARRATIVES

SLAVE SHIP

[SLEEPER, JOHN SHERBURNE], “HAWSER MARTINGALE”

SLOCUM, JOSHUA

SMITH, EDGAR NEWBOLD

SMITH, JOHN

SNIDER, CHARLES HENRY JEREMIAH

SNOW, EDWARD ROWE

SNYDER, GARY [SHERMAN]

SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS

SOMERS

SOUTH PACIFIC

SPARTINA

STEAMING TO BAMBOOLA: THE WORLD OF A TRAMP FREIGHTER

STEINBECK, JOHN [ERNST]

STEVENS, WALLACE

STOCKTON, FRANK [FRANCIS] R[ICHARD]

STODDARD, ELIZABETH [DREW BARSTOW]

STONE, ROBERT [ANTHONY]

STONE, WILLIAM LEETE

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER

THE SURVIVOR OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

SYMMES, JOHN CLEVES

SYMZONIA; A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY


T

TAYLOR, JAMES BAYARD

TEN NOVEMBER

THALATTA: A BOOK FOR THE SEA-SIDE

THAXTER, CELIA [LAIGHTON]

THEROUX, PAUL [EDWARD]

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID

TITANIC

TO GILLIAN, ON HER 37th BIRTHDAY

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

TONQUIN

TRAVEN, B.

TUNING THE RIG: A JOURNEY TO THE ARCTIC

“TWAIN, MARK.”

TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST

TYPEE


U

UPDIKE, JOHN [HOYER]

URQUHART, JANE

U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION


V

V.

VIDAL, GORE [EUGENE LUTHER]

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

VOLLMANN, WILLIAM T[ANNER]

VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

THE VOYAGE

VOYAGE NARRATIVES

THE VOYAGE OF THE NARWHAL

VUKELICH, GEORGE


W

WALCOTT, DEREK [ALTON]

WARNER, WILLIAM W[HITESIDES]

WHALING NARRATIVES

WHITE, E[LWYN]. B[ROOKS]

WHITE-JACKET

WHITMAN, WALT[ER]

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF

WILKES, CHARLES

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE [THOMAS LANIER]

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS

WILSON, GILBERT [BROWN]

WILSON, SLOAN

WOLF LARSEN

WOMEN AT SEA

WOOLSON, CONSTANCE FENIMORE

WOUK, HERMAN


Y

YANKEE

YARNS


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