Nautical & Marine Fiction
Seaside
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Rupert Brooke
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Seaside by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 19, 2012.Rupert Chawn…
The Isle of Dead Ships
Read by Roger Melin
Crittenden Marriott
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…
The Black Buccaneer
Read by Warren Bergmann
Stephen W. Meader
Two teen boys are kidnapped by pirates along the Atlantic coast of the American colonies in the early 1700s. It is a privilege for me to mak…
The After House
Read by Tom Penn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ralph Leslie, a brand-new MD, realizes that a life of adventure holds more appeal than hospital rounds and daily clinics. Is it good luck, b…
The Pirate, and The Three Cutters
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Frederick Marryat
Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys' stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The…
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 1
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William Clark Russell
Young Hugh Tregarthen has grown up in a seafaring Cornish family, but is not born to follow the family tradition. Against his mother's wishe…
The Skipper's Wooing
Read by Alan Lord
W. W. Jacobs
The crew of the ship come together in a syndicate to find the missing father of the lady whom their skipper should like to favour. Their res…
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
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William Clark Russell
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time …
How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar by Guy Wetmore Carryl. This was the Fortnightly Po…
Off the Rocks: Stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
William Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland by the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen, an organization which provided medical and sp…
Address to Certain Goldfishes
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Hartley Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…
On the Shore
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Susan Coolidge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 readings of On the Shore by Susan Coolidge, author of What Katy Did. This was the weekly poem for the week …
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
Labrador Days
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Dive deep into the heart of the Labrador Sea, sharing the rugged lives of fishermen and their indomitable spirit. Wilfred Grenfell, a doctor…
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 2
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William Clark Russell
Volume 2 begins as our hero winds up his story. But the question remains, what happened to the other boat? Hugh and Helga have been picked u…
The Ice Queen
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Ernest Ingersoll
When four young people decide to undertake a skating trek across the Arctic ice, there are sure to be adventures. Aleck becomes “Captain,” …
Moonraker
Read by Anne Erickson
F. Tennyson Jesse
Young Jackie runs away to sea and before long his ship is captured by pirates. Now sailing with the Moonraker and its captain, Jacky reaches…
Ballad of the Canal
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Phoebe Cary
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …
The Young Ice Whalers
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Winthrop Packard
Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…
Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe
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Thomas Hood
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe by Thomas Hood. This was the Fortnig…