The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord

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Tyler R. Bamford and Richard A. Hulver, eds. Best Beloved. The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his Wife, Catherine. Washington, CD: Naval History and Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil, 2024.  vii+219 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography.  Free download, paper; ISBN 978-1-943604-92-0. (E-book available.)

Dan Black, Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia Hamilton, ON: Dundurn Press, www.dundurn.com, 2025. 434 pp., illustrations, etc. CDN $28.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-45975-2511. (E\-book available.) 

Craig S. Chapman. The Resurrected Pirate : The Life, Death, and Subsequent Career of the Notorious George Lowther. Size: 6.0in x 9.0in, 256 pp., 45 b/w photos and maps, Hardback, 9780764369070, US$29.00. 

David Doyle. USS Arizona (BB-39): From Keel Laying to Pearl Harbor Memorial, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, https://www.schiffermilitary.com/ 2025. 144 pp., 310 color and b/w photos, US $24.99, hardback. ISBN 9780764368868. 

Steve R. Dunn. Steam Yachts at War. The Naval Deployment of British & American Armed Yachts 1898-1918. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword History, Seaforth Publishing, www.pen-and-sword.org, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, notes, index. UK £25, US$42.95, paper; ISBN 978 1 3990 5972 5 7. 

Ivan P. Cooper. Arming the Warship: Naval Weapons Technology and Gunnery from the Spanish Armada to the Cold War Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2024.  ? pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. US $49.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-9499-3.  (E-book available.)  

Thomas J. Cutler & Edward J. Marolda (eds.). The Brown Water War at 50: A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023. 272 pp. Illus. Photos. Maps. Index. $34.95; ISBN 978-1557507839.

Bruce A. Elleman, The ABCs of Cold War History. Anglo-America, Bloc Sovietique and China, 1919-1994. New York: First Hill Books. 2025. 83 pp, US$ 25.21. ISBN, 978-1-83999-227-8. 

Bill Ferguson. C/O Cunard House: 88 Leadenhall Street London EC3. Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, V + 193 pp., 2025, US$24.95, 978-1-84885-582-9. 

Stan Grayson. Boat Crazy: The Collected Wooden Boat Stories of Stan Grayson. Lanham, MD. Rowman & Littlefield, www.globepeyquot.org, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, tables. US $29.95, UK £25.00, cloth; ISBN 978-1-4930-7897-4. (E-book available.) 

Timothy Heck, B. A. Friedman, and Walker D. Mills, eds. On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare volume 2. Quantico Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, WWW.USMCU.EDU/MCUPRESS, 2024, 365 pp. ISBN, 979-8-9862595-8-1. 

James F. Hancock. From Ponce De Leon to Sir Walter Raleigh. Early European Arrivals in Southeastern North America Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025.  185 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $39.95, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9578-5.  (E-book available).  

Erik S. Hinckley. ed., Merchant and Naval Ship, 1764-1799. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025.  247 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $65.00, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9785-7.  (E-book available).  

Thomas N. Layton and James P. Delagdo. Wreck Divers and Archaeologists: A History of Maritime Archaeology in California Germantown MD: Society for Historical Archeology, 2024, 409 pp. 26,99$ 978-1-957402.

James Levy. The Crisis of British Sea Power. The Collapse of a Naval Hegemon 1942. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024. 158 pp. ISBN 9781032437774 158US$, e-book available. 

Peter Luebke, ed. Foreword by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The U.S. Navy and Innovation. Twentieth-Century Case Studies. Washington, DC: US Naval History & Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil/research/publications, 2024.  158 pp.,  illustrations, etc.  ISBN 978-1-943604-91-3. (Free Digital Download https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/logistics/ ) 

Daniel Macfarlane. The Lives of Lake Ontario. An Environmental History. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press, www.mqup.ca, 2024. 216 pp., illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. 34,95 CND $, 288 Pages, 6 x 9 41 photos ISBN 9780228022237. 

DaNiel C. Marvin. Francis H. Leggett: Unravelling the Mystery Behind Oregon’s Worst Maritime Disaster Astoria Oergon, Samandi Publishing, www.samandi.net, ISBN 979-8-218-47828-5, 53 pp.

Tara Moss and Rebecca Love. Nantucket : The Ultimate Playground Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, https://schifferbooks.com/ 9780764364761 $50. Size: 9.0in x 9.0in; 272 pp, 26 color and b/w photos Binding: Hardback.  

Matthew Neufeld. Early Modern Naval Health Care in England, 1650-1750. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press, www.mqup.ca, 2024. 216 pp., illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. 39,95 CND $, 288 Pages, 6 x 9, 4 map ISBN 9780228020592. 

William Washburn Nutting. Foreword by Tim Murphy. The Track of the Typhoon. Essex, CT: Lyons Press, www.lyonspress.com, Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics, 2025. 256 pp,, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 6 X 9, 86 Photos, $24.95, 978-1493090457. Softback 

Jonathan Rayner, Screening the Fleet: The Royal Navy on Television 1973–2023 Leed: Sheffield and York: White Rose University Press, White Rose University Press, 2025, 278 pp, 978-1-912482-41-2. E-Book available (priority for digital version) 

N.A.M. Rodger, The Price of Victory. A Naval History of Britain, 1815-1945.  London, UK: Allan Lane, www.penguinrandomhouse.ca, 2024, 9780713994124, 976 pp, £40.00, 240mm x 57mm x 159mm. 

Ken W. Sayers, U.S. Navy Service Craft A History and Directory from World War I to Today Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025.  436 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $35.00, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9006-3.  (E-book available). 978-1-4766-5363-1. 

Rod Scher. Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia Essex, CT: Lyons Press, www.lyonspress.com, 2024.  256 pp, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95, 978-1493081356. 

Mark Stille. (Illustrated by Adam Tooby) Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945-92. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2024.  96 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. UK £12.99, US $20, CDN $27.00paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-6048-4. 

Randall Sullivan. Graveyard of the Pacific, Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway, Grove Atlantic.  978-0-8021-6337-0, 272 pp, 2024 Paperback, 5.5" x 8.25", US$18. 

Shelley Wachsmann. Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel College Station: Texas A&M University Press, www.tamupress.com, Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series, 2024. 978-1-64843-212-5. Hardcover (Printed Case) 8.5 x 11 x 0 in 186 pp. 22 color, 67 b&w photos. 77 line art. 12 maps. 4 appendixes. Glossary. Bib. Index. US $70.00.