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John Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, dies at 93
A British-born artist who lived and worked in the Boston area, John Stobart's meticulously researched paintings of 19th-century harbors and tall ships earned him a reputation as one of the world’s foremost maritime painters.
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'All Hands on Deck' recounts high seas voyage of famed movie ship
A new novel recalls the daunting, high-seas effort to sail a ship destined for the big screen from one side of the country to the other.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
United Kingdom Tennessee Williams Catherine Lacey Han Kang Patrick Obrian Aubrey Maturin Ku Klux Klan
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Jessie Childs · Scattering Gaggle: Armada on the Rocks · LRB 4 May 2023
The English had more ‘ship-smashing’ guns, more experienced gunners, better powder and more standardised shot. (The...
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Author David Grann on Capturing the Nature of Man, the Stories We Tell, and the Sea in New Book, 'The Wager'
To write his latest book, David Grann traveled to the remote Pacific island where 18th century sailors turned to mutiny and murder. "A voyage always reveals the soul," he tells Esquire.
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Book World: Anything can go wrong at sea. On this voyage, everything did.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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The royal sea | The New Criterion
William Anthony Hay reviews “Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815,” by N. A. M. Rodger.
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This Is David Grann's Next Big Adventure Story
He’s been your favorite writer’s favorite writer for decades. But with a thrilling new book and an unprecedented back-to-back collaboration with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, David Grann is poised to become the moment’s leading storyteller.
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New high-seas adventure tale details little-known origin story of a San Diego tall ship
Memoir "All Hands on Deck" recalls harrowing voyage of the tall ship later named HMS Surprise that sailed from Newport, R.I., to San Diego to star in a Hollywood movie
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