The fast, agile pilot schooners of Chesapeake Bay—employed not only for piloting but for cargo-ca...

The Sea Painter's World is a timely and beautifully produced volume that celebrates the considera...

The experiences of a Sandy Hook Pilot, Captain Edward C. Winters Jr. 1908-1945 and the dedication...

Charles Turnbull spent the summer of 1941 as a sailor aboard the three-masted schooner JEAN F. AN...

Revised edition of a publication that has been out of print for nearly 30 years ―Paintings previo...

Olin Stephens is the most successful racing-yacht designer of the 20th century, a legend in his o...

Mystic Seaport's interpretation programs include a strong sea-music component. This book of chant...

The recipes in this cookbook are from Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and Their Food at Sea an...

Nora, The Fifty-Cent Dog is based on a true story of a U.S. Coast Guard beach patrol dog in North...

Of interest to maritime enthusiasts, historians, collectors, and yachting organizations: Many pie...

The golden age of yachts and photography come alive here in 80 superb pictures selected by photo ...

From Ark to Zulu, here is a sailors alphabet book for all ages. Illustrated with original linocut...

Designed by yachtsmen at the Mystic Seaport, this book provides space for the particulars on your...

Launched as Tioga in 1936, this glorious ketch finished first in twenty-four of her initial thirt...

These nine essays explore new directions and ways to pursue the elusive 'Jack Tar'—the common sai...

Mystic Seaport proudly presents Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea, an exhibit designed to r...

Origins of Sea Terms differs from existing glossaries and dictionaries. It emphasizes word roots ...

This collection of legends, songs, superstitions, and stories, both true and apocryphal includes ...

Edited by award-winning chef and restaurateur Ainslie Turner, this book is the companion to Seafo...

Eugene O'Neill is considered one of America's greatest playwrights. O'Neill biographers, literary...

The inspiring story of Jack Kelly, the son of Irish immigrants who grew up along the Schuylkill R...

For more than 200 years, sloop-rigged sailing craft carried the bulk of the commerce on the Hudso...

The martime empire created by New York merchant William H. Aspinwall helped shape the course of A...

The little Peruvian port of Paita was a resource for the New England whaling fleet in the mid-nin...

Our New England Table cookbook reflects that heritage with recipes from around the world. As each...

The correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes (1813-1889), and his son, J. Murray Forbes (1843-1936)...

What Is a Sea Dog

The exciting history of American steamboats-the palatial passenger boats and workaday freight ste...

With their tall masts and mazes of rigging, these vessels make a lasting impression, as does the ...

A collection of outstanding holiday suggestions inspired by the private recipe files of the memeb...

Novelist Philip Gerard sailed aboard Mystic Seaport's classic schooner-yacht Brilliant from Halif...

This charming book about a coastal community and its busy seasons is by acclaimed artist and auth...

A comprehensive compilation of watercraft from Mystic Seaport, which is the largest in the United...

Co-publication with Fishers Island Yacht Club recounts history of recreational boating at Fishers...

Encompassing the world of American maritime expansion and enterprise from the American Revolution...

In A Point of View, his final book on the subject of marine photography, Stanley Rosenfeld has le...

The first-ever book of its kind, a major resource for scholars, curators, maritime enthusiasts, a...

This volume surveys the importance of sea shanties in the Leeward and Windward Islands of the Wes...

These ten papers by a variety of scholars suggest the myriad ways in which race and ethnicity are...

These twelve papers by a variety of scholars offer a wide range of ways in which gender, race, an...

When Glory of the Seas was first published in 1970 it became the first title in the Mystic Seapor...

A large-format book of photographs from Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection, Sails and Sailing ...

Details the design, construction and use of Howland's own schooner Integrity. Lots of colorful ch...

From inventive sail-maker to innovative yacht designer to successful America's Cup skipper, Ted H...

Naval & Maritime History: A Bibliography made its first appearance in 1951 as a mimeographed supp...

A valuable collection of American maritime worksongs, published a limited edition in 1960s. Work ...

This engaging history covers New England's long relationship with the sea in all its aspects. Beg...

In this lavish, heavily illustrated book, yachting historian (and Bermuda Racer) John Rousmaniere...