O’er the Wide and Tractless Sea: Original Art of the Yankee Whale Hunt

By Michael P. Dyer. A whaling history book offering a new perspectives on life at sea.

Around the World in Search of Whales: A Journal of the Lucy Ann Voyage, 1841-1844

This non-fiction book is a recounting of a 31-month whaling voyage.

A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World

In this biography, author Stan Grayson has uncovered primary sources that yield significant information in understanding Slocum's life.