13 short stories about Fire Island's pirates, ghosts, shipwrecks and treasure chests of buried gold and silver. If you like horror and suspense, history and mystery, or if you simply enjoy Fire Island and the Great South Bay then you will love this anthology. (Publisher Summary)
From Valiant Rescues to sorrowful disasters, the eastern shore of Long Island is home to a riveting collection of maritime lore. In Mayday!, author Van R. Field painstakingly assembles a compendium of Long Island's most harrowing, amazing and notorious shipwrecks and ocean-going incidents. (Publisher Summary)
Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Bringing smugglers and smuggling to life, this book provides a fascinating exploration for all readers interested in crime and corruption throughout modern history. (Publisher Summary)
Rediker explores world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the viewpoint of commoners, sailors, slaves, indentured servants, pirates, and other outlaws. Bringing together their seafaring experiences, Outlaws of the Atlantic is an unexpected and compelling peoples’ history of the “age of sail. (Publisher Summary)
In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was in tact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late- nineteenth-century literary society. (Publisher Summary)
