Don’t be fooled by the word “pictorial” in its title. While it does include some first-rate pictures, this book is much more than that. It describes very fully three of the most interesting and intense decades in tanker, indeed ship, development in all of maritime history. Focused on just one ship...
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW | Operation Hurricane: The Story of Britain’s First Atomic Test in Australia and the Legacy that Remains
Showing that you should never judge a book by its cover, your reviewer was not looking forward to reading this one. Its cover picture of an atomic bomb explosion suggests ..
BOOK REVIEW | The Propeller Keeps Turning
While still only in manuscript form, I found this book to be delightfully fascinating. It is available in electronic format direct from its author. What a life! From an u ..
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BOOK REVIEW | U.S. Pacific Islanders and the Sea: A History of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (1976 – 2020)
This book is long overdue. It is the first and, to my knowledge, the only comprehensive natural resource study of modern open ocean fisheries in the US Pacific. In the bo ..
BOOK REVIEW | Misadventures in Nature’s Paradise: Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island During the Dutch Era
Maritime history is continually being refined and revised as new discoveries are made and conventional wisdom and self-perpetuating myths are found to be wrong. This book ..
BOOK REVIEW | Coastal Eyre
This is a big, beautifully produced “coffee table book” that is in reality much more than just pretty pictures, although it contains many of those. It is also ..
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BOOK REVIEW | You’ve Gotta Have Balls
Throughout his now lengthy life, Port Lincoln-based fisherman Joe Puglisi has been one of the great innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs of the Australian fishing indus ..
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BOOK REVIEW | From Ushant to Gibraltar: The Channel Fleet 1778-1783
As always, retired English judge Quintin Barry has meticulously researched his subject. In this case, it is the rapid development of Britain’s Royal Navy in the tumultu ..
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BOOK REVIEW | The Ship’s Parrot
Kent Stewart is an old favourite of Baird Maritime readers. His occasional columns on matters maritime have been popular for years. They distil his very extensive experie ..
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BOOK REVIEW | A Practical Guide to Salvage and Places of Refuge (For Shipboard Use)
Presented in its usual very high quality – indeed almost waterproof – style, the renowned Scottish maritime publishing house Witherbys, which does not credit an autho ..
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