From Noah's Ark to St. Elmo's Fire, Seafaring Lore and Legend leaves no maritime fable or superstition unturned. Author Peter Jeans has spent years compiling these sea stories, and his relaxed writing style and passion for nautical tales make for fast, enjoyable, and informative reading. The wealth of colorful information includes: <ul>
<li>Oddities of nautical custom </li>
<li>Famous wrecks and mutinies </li>
<li>Castaways and survivors, pirates and buccaneers </li>
</ul>

Seafaring Lore and Legend : A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact

Jeans, Peter D.

Reference

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

"A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both." ―Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society 
“A veritable sourcebook of nautical history, beliefs, and heritage. Every true mariner will get lost in this book.”―Boating 
Seafaring Lore and Legend is a storehouse of wonders for those who love the sea. From Noah’s Ark to Thor Heyerdahl’s raft, from Atlantis to the Northwest Passage, author Peter Jeans scours the ages and the seven seas for fanciful, inspiring, and bizarre tales of sea monsters, ghost ships, lost continents, castaways, pirates, explorers, superstitions, and customs. 
Discover the surprising truths behind: 
<ul>
<li>The origins of naval salutes and the Beaufort Scale </li>
<li>Flogging a dead horse and other oddities of nautical custom </li>
<li>Sea chanties, scurvy, and the hardships of life at sea </li>
<li>Infamous and noteworthy sea captains and their ships </li>
<li>Famous wrecks and mutinies </li>
<li>Mermaids, sirens, and sea nymphs </li>
<li>Nautical superstitions such as the albatross and Fiddler’s Green </li>
<li>And much more </li>
</ul>
This is a book you can open anywhere to savor for a few minutes or an afternoon. But be careful: it's easy to lose track of time at sea.

Seafaring Lore and Legend

History

âOne of the best dictionaries of sea terms ever.â âLibrary Journal Bail out. The coast is clear. In deep water. These are just a few of the seafaring terms that have become part of our common language. But where do they come from, and what do they really mean? Peter Jeans provides all the answers in this book which was named a âBest Reference Sourceâ by Library Journal. In his journey to uncover word origins, Jeans paints a vivid picture of hardy Nantucket whalers and Elizabethan sea dogs, grizzled Nova Scotia fishermen and the crews of great clipper ships. Along the way, he recounts the exploits of such seafaring greats as Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook, and John Paul Jones. More than a dictionary, Ship to Shore is a fascinating chronicle of the sailing men who made an enduring contribution to the English language. Here readers will find origins of words and phrases such as: <ul>
<li>Listless </li>
<li>Peepers </li>
<li>To turn turtle </li>
<li>Sundowner </li>
<li>Unstayed </li>
<li>To come in with flying colors </li>
<li>Blowhard </li>
<li>To be taken aback </li>
</ul>

Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

ABC-Clio, Inc.

Sent away to high school in the coastal town of North Bay, Angus is lonely and homesick until he meets Kes Grimshaw, the boy who will become his best friend, and Kate Ferguson, the girl who will become much more to him. But a clash between the boys with the loutish Charlie Ratcliffe, who also has his eye on Kate, leads to a dramatic and fatal climax. The themes of love, loss, loyalty and evil explored in Bodger, Peter Jean's first novel, are developed and refined in this sequel.

Stoker's Bay

Teen & Young Adult

Uwa Pub

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Seafaring Lore and Legend : A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact

Seafaring Lore and Legend

Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea

Stoker's Bay