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02-20-2007, 04:38 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews.........
"The Trafalgar Companion" by Mark Adkins is as complete a work as one could want on the battle. Profusely illustrated;ships, uniforms, equipment, etc. Actual accounts of individuals, personal letters, incredable! Saw it at Barnes and Nobles for $75.00, bought it on www.bestbookbuys.com for $43.00. Have bought many books on this site and saved a lot of money.
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03-26-2007, 09:45 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews.........
Here's a good publication if you'r thinking about a Clipper, even if your not, still a wealth of information and well worth the read.... I haven't finished mine yet but is hard to put down....
"The American Built Clipper Ship " 1850 - 1856 (Charicteristics, Construction, Details) Author: William L. Corothers Really, a fantastic book, lots of First-Class drawings/diagrams.... No stone left unturned!!
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03-27-2007, 03:12 AM
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Magazine subscriptions?
In the past I have subscribed to Naval History, Professional Mariner, Small Boat Journal, and RC Boat Modeler.
RC Boat Modeler does not have many articles about sail boats or ships. The magazine is mostly about high speed gas or electric models, not my interest. I am looking for a magazine about model boats and ships rather than the high speed stuff. What model magazines do you subscribe to?
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04-16-2007, 06:30 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews.........
I just started getting Ships in Scale and it seems like a fairly good magazine. You should look into it as I think its what you're looking for. Their back issues are available on CD, though I wish I could find a library that stocked them. Sea History is also an excellent magazine. I've subscribed to it for years and am constantly going into the back issues to look things up or even just browse.
Richard
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05-04-2007, 09:51 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews.........
I recently purchased the Sumner / Gearing Class Destroyer's of World War Two Plan eBook from the Floating Dry Dock. This is an great buy for anyone who is considering to build a destroyer of WWII vintage or later.
It has numerous photos of Sumner and Gearing class destroyers and some wonderful line drawings covering areas from the bow, main deck, super structure, including anchors, chocks, stanchions...etc, it's a veritable treasure trove of information. Not a bad price either $25.95. Comes on a CD in p d f format. 
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05-12-2007, 11:03 AM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews.........
There is a new book that may be of interest to our members. The title is "Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945" by Evan Thomas, Simon and Schuster, Illustrated, 415 pp. Here is a quote from a book review in the Boston Globe: "The subject of "Sea of Thunder," Evan Thomas's panoramic story about war at sea, is the Battle of Leyte Gulf , in October 1944 . It has almost vanished from consciousness, disappearing behind mists of battle smoke and time. But this was a monstrous conflict, perhaps the very last of its kind, a struggle that was, in Thomas's apt phrase, "confused, tragic, deadly, and heroic." This four-day battle claimed 13,000 men, seven aircraft carriers, three battleships, 10 cruisers, 11 destroyers, and the reputation of one of the leading personalities of World War II, Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey ."
Here is the link to the complete review: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/li..._end_of_ wwii/
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08-30-2007, 10:45 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews
If you don't mind reading on screen or have access to cheap (or free) paper there is an online book called "Two Years Before The Mast". If you're curious as to what a sailors life was like in the early 1800's you'll find this book fascinating. I have no idea if it's still in print but here's a link - http://www.bartleby.com/23/ and here's an excerpt from the Introductory Note:
RICHARD HENRY DANA, the second of that name, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 1, 1815. He came of a stock that had resided there since the days of the early settlements; his grandfather, Francis Dana, had been the first American minister to Russia and later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; his father was distinguished as a man of letters. He entered Harvard College in 1831; but near the beginning of his third year an attack of measles left his eyesight so weak that study was impossible. Tired of the tedium of a slow convalescence, he decided on a sea voyage; and choosing to go as a sailor rather than a passenger, he shipped from Boston on August 14, 1834, on the brig “Pilgrim,” bound for the coast of California. His experiences for the next two years form the subject of the present volume. |
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08-31-2007, 03:50 PM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews
What a coincidence, Roger. I just finished reading the book last week! I found it on Project Gutenberg. Definitely an interesting read. Especially valuable to me as a modeler were the details about how they rigged, maintained, operated, etc while they were at sea. The story of tarring the rigging at sea was interesting.
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09-11-2007, 12:41 AM
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Re: Book, film, magazine reviews
How to build Dioramas 2nd edition: Author: Sheperd Paine; available @ Amazon approx $12.00. paperback
Well worth the price just for the photo's of his work. Lot's of "how to" included.
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