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This excellent 1961 Newberry Winner is the fictionalized yet true story of “The Lost Woman of San Nicolas” who survived 18 years alone on an island off the coast of 19th Century California. Finally a survival tale starring a girl! Continue reading
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A children’s introduction to the wonderful world of shipwrecks and treasure hunting. Continue reading
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Who knew I’d care so much about Australian shipwrecks in the 19th century!? Continue reading
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A fantastic survival story considered “The Greatest Adventure of World War II”—which is saying something! Continue reading
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I’ve never met Thomas Treadwell in person, but I follow his all-star posts in a metal-detecting group on Facebook and know that this guy doesn’t just write about treasure-hunting pirates, he is one through and through. When I saw that … Continue reading
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The Story of the World First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her When I saw this book at a garage sale for $.50, I added it to my growing library of “maybe someday” reads. … Continue reading
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C.S. Forester’s Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950) is the first book in the series chronologically, a collection 10 short stories that set the stage for all that follows. It made me a fan. Continue reading
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True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks It’s been a long while since I read a book by Clive Cussler—nearly 18 months, in fact, since I gave up on the last novel I tried, Odessa Sea. I did read The Adventures of … Continue reading
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I don’t know how the Pulitzer Prize thing works, but this book by Dan Egan was a finalist in 2017. He should have won. A habit of mine is to try and read “geographically” when I travel, books about the … Continue reading
