PDF Books in Sea Stories Fiction
Typhoon
by Joseph ConradTyphoon is a novella by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and serialized in Pall Mall Magazine in January–March 1902. Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam in 1902; it was also published in Britain in Typhoon and Other Stories by Heinemann in 1903. Typhoon is a classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrad's actual experience of seaman's l..
The Mirror of the Sea
by Joseph ConradFirst published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea was the first of Joseph Conrad's two autobiographical memoirs. Discussing it, he called the book "a very intimate revelation. I have attempted here to lay bare with the unreserve of a last hour's confession the terms of my relation with the sea, which beginning mysteriously, like any great passion the ..
Typee - A Romance of the South Seas
by Herman MelvilleTypee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally suppleme..
Redburn - His First Voyage
by Herman MelvilleRedburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. Melville wrote Redburn in less than ten weeks. While one scholar describes it as ..
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
by Herman MelvilleWhite-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen months service in the United States Navy The novel takes its title from the outer garment that the eponymous main character fashions for himself on board ship, with materials..
Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates
by E. Keble ChattertonDaring Deeds of Famous PiratesTrue stories of the stirring adventures, bravery and resource of pirates, filibusters & buccaneers.The very meaning of the word, as you will find on referring to a Greek dictionary, indicates one who attempts to rob. In classical times there was a species of Mediterranean craft which was a light, swift vessel calle..
The Golden Harpoon
by Roger StarbuckOn the morning of the 25th day of April, 18—, the whale-ship Montpelier, of New London, anchored in one of the many bays that open along the coast of Kamschatka, where it is washed by the waters of the Sea of Ochotsk.As soon as every thing was made snug allow and aloft, the skipper rubbed his hands with complacency, and a satisfied expression was s..
The Adventures of an Eton Boy
by James GrantDick Rodney or, The Adventures of an Eton Boy is an adventurous castaways fiction for young readers written by James Grant.In the relation of the following adventures I do not mean to illustrate the principle maintained by some writers, that by an inevitable course of events in life, that becomes fate, which at first was merely choice; but rather t..