Tales of the Sea

Isn't it time we have a literature section?  I love a good sea tale and it would be great to see what others are reading and have read.  Perhaps we could even include reviews.

I've gotten some great recommendations here but it would be great to have all book stuff in one place for easy reference.

sounds good to me. I recommend Hell Divers Rodeo. About a group of guys that spearfish around the oil rigs.

King of the Moon by Gene Kira
Mom sent it to me surprising good read little slow at first then could not put it down.
Fishing in Baja 20-30 yrs. ago Family community living off the sea
Was going to put it on amazon if some wants to read it let me know I'll send it out

Devils Teeth (Local shark-y ness)
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Teeth-Obsession-Survival-Americas/dp/080507581X
Four Fish (Sad but true)
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Fish-Future-Last-Wild/dp/1594202567/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291685896&sr=1-1
Cod (really shows how greedy we can be as a species)
http://www.amazon.com/Cod-Biography-Fish-Changed-World/dp/0140275010/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291685949&sr=1-1

And in the non fishing world
Shit My Dad Says (Fing laughed till I cried)
http://www.amazon.com/Sh-t-My-Dad-Says/dp/0061992704/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291686009&sr=1-1

I have devils teeth (I think) happy to pass it on. I also have the other two on my reader...Which I think I can share. Not sure how to do it but I can try and figure it out.

I think that's a fantastic idea. I have a few books about the sea that are my personal favorites but not all that well known: Sharks Are Caught At Night by F. Poli; California Currents and Neptune's Apprentice by Marie De Santis; Stalking The Blue-Eyed Scallop by Euell Gibbons.

A brief description/review would be a great addition as someone suggested earlier in the thread.

Gerry

76 Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan.......one of my favorite books of all time. A true unplanned adventure!

Two more loaners if anyone's interested.
'In the Heart of the Sea' The tragedy of the whaleship Essex. by Nathaniel Philbrick.
'Survive the Savage Sea'. by Dougal Robertson.
Both are true stories.

http://www.amazon.com/Highliners-Classic-Commercial-Fishermen-Alaska/dp/1585740284

I have devils teeth (I think) happy to pass it on. I also have the other two on my reader...Which I think I can share. Not sure how to do it but I can try and figure it out.

I trade you one of my Alaska Bear Tales by Larry Kaniut (given to me by Picsean) for it.....

Some great suggestions here.

It would seem to warrant it's own section, if the powers that be agree and it's not too much trouble?  Happy to help moderate such a forum, or help keep things organized and clean.

I have a bunch I could list.  From kayak safety/instructionals to ancient tales, there's always something to learn.

Three of my favorites:

• Blue Lattitudes, by Tony Horowitz (retraces Cook's voyages to compare what the places are like today compared to when Cook visited. The author's drunken Australian friend is a bonus piece of entertainment.)
• William Dampier: A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, by Diana Preston (Biography of the most influential explorer/pirate/naturalist that most people have never heard of. He was the basis for Gulliver's Travels, his books are what Cook based his explorations on, and he was the person who rescued the real life Robinson Crusoe aka Alexander Selkirk)
• Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Great story of the early trade along the California coast told by a man who quit his job as a lawyer to go to sea as a crew member in the 1830's)

I have devils teeth (I think) happy to pass it on. I also have the other two on my reader...Which I think I can share. Not sure how to do it but I can try and figure it out.

I trade you one of my Alaska Bear Tales by Larry Kaniut (given to me by Picsean) for it.....

done deal mooch. I will put it aside for you.

Also another great one is One Man's Wilderness. Friggin great read. Late 60's living off the land in Alaska!

http://www.amazon.com/One-Mans-Wilderness-Alaskan-Annivers/dp/0882405136/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291746348&sr=8-1

The Endurance: Great read and true. These were real men who withstood so much I couldnt believe it.                   

"Diary of a Sea Captain's Wife"-true story of a woman who lived most of her life on the channel islands tending to her kids while her husband fished. I think it's out of print though.

& of course "Muriel Foster's Fishing Diary"

I have a big order coming in from amazon.com...  reviews to follow.

One I'd like to throw out now, though, is Tales of the Fish Patrol, Jack London.

This is not about a foreign, exotic places, but the very places we fish today.  Amazing how much things have changed on the Bay since sails were the only way to get around.

That one was recommend by our own Lombard of the Intertidal...  and speaking of LotI, his print copies of MFN are money well-spent, if only for the pokepole map.  Very entertaining reads.