Sailors -- Biography
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Merchant mariners -- Biography
- Sailors -- Anecdotes
- Sailors -- 19th century -- Biography
- Sailors -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- Sailors -- England -- Biography
- Sailors -- France -- Biography
- Sailors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Sailors -- Italy -- Biography
- Sailors -- Japan -- Biography
- Sailors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography
- Sailors -- Portugal -- Biography
- Sailors -- Southern States -- Biography
- Sailors -- Turkey -- Biography
- Sailors -- United States -- Biography
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Whaling and fishing : the sequel to A boy's voyages on board a man-of-war and in the merchant service. (Addey, 1860), by Charles Nordhoff (page images at HathiTrust)- Autobiography of an adventurer. (D. Fanshaw, 1857), by S. W. Cushing and Daniel Fanshaw (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea (Macmillan, 1916), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
- The autobiography and memorials of Captain Obadiah Congar : For fifty years mariner and shipmaster from the port of New York (Harper & brothers, 1855), by Obadiah Congar and Henry T. Cheever (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Norwegian sailor : a sketch of the life of George Noscoe ([s.n.] ;, 1850), by George Noscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Five years in a sailor's life (Queen's City Pub. Co., 1886), by Birger Bech (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reminiscences (s.n., 1884), by Charles Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and adventures of John Nicol, mariner (W. Blackwood;, 1822), by John Nicol (page images at HathiTrust)
- Twenty years at sea (Waite, Peirce, 1845), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- Twenty years at sea (Armstrong & Berry, 1843), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fatigue and alertness in merchant marine personnel : a field study of work and sleep patterns (U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection ;, 1997), by Thomas Frederick Sanquist, United States. Coast Guard. Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, and Battelle Seattle Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
- Procedures for investigating and reporting human factors and fatigue contributions to marine casualties (U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection ;, 1996), by Anita M. Rothblum, Mireille Raby, Marvin Charles McCallum, United States. Coast Guard. Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center, and Battelle Seattle Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoirs of the life of Daniel Wheeler, a minister of the Gospel, in the Society of Friends. (Printed by E. Couchman, for the Tract Association of the Society of Friends, 1844), by Daniel Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
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A Sailor Boy's Experience Aboard a Slave Ship (originally published 1867; reprinted (without apparent alterations) 1996), by Samuel Robinson
- The Kid from Hoboken: An Autobiography, by Bill Bailey (HTML at larkspring.com)
- Soldiers and sailors : or, Anecdotes, details, and recollections of naval and military life (Grant & Griffith, 1842), by Old Humphrey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Soldiers and sailors : or, Anecdotes, details, and recollections of naval and military life (J. Harris, 1842), by Old Humphrey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Soldiers and Sailors: or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and Military Life, as Related to His Nephews, by an Old Officer., by Old Humphrey, illust. by John Gilbert (Gutenberg ebook)
- Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea (The Macmillan company, 1911), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea (T.Y. Crowell & co., 1907), by Richard Henry Dana and Charles Welsh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two years before the mast (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1895), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea (Belford, Clarke & Co., 1888), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a Naval Life, Including the Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Sumter" and "Alabama", by John McIntosh Kell (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Recollections of a Rebel Reefer (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1917), by James Morris Morgan
- Notes by the Way in a Sailor's Life, by Arthur E. Knights (Gutenberg text)
- An old sailor's yarn (W.S. Cowell Ltd., 1914), by H. Clarkson Birch (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe, by Henry Woodcock (Gutenberg ebook)
- Las marins français (suite et complément de La France héroïque) vies et récits dramatiques, d'après les documents originaux. (Retaux-Bray, 1889), by Bathild Bouniol (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Lieutenant and Commander: Being Autobiographical Sketches of His Own Career, From Fragments of Voyages and Travels (London: Bell and Daldy, 1862), by Basil Hall (Gutenberg text)
- Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, Commander R.N. (1775-1814) (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1906), by James Anthony Gardner, ed. by R. Vesey Hamilton and John Knox Laughton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Voice from the main deck (Tappan, Whittemore & Mason, 1843), by Samuel Leech (page images at HathiTrust)
- Will Adams, the first Englishman in Japan; a romantic biography. (Routledge, 1861), by William Dalton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R. N. (1775-1814) (Printed for Navy Records Society, 1906), by James Anthony Gardner, John Knox Laughton, and R. Vesey Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R.N. (1775–1814), by James Anthony Gardner, ed. by R. Vesey Hamilton and John Knox Laughton (Gutenberg ebook)
- Kōnan shiki (Shūtokuen, 1904), by Takeo Hirose (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Memoirs of Edward Tyng, Esquire, of Boston, and of Hon. William Tyng, Esquire, of Gorham (Printed by Munroe, Francis, and Parker, 1808), by Timothy Alden (page images at HathiTrust)
- Other merchants and sea captains of old Boston : being more information about the merchants and sea captains of old Boston who played such an important part in building up the commerce of New England, together with some quaint and curious stories of the sea. (State Street Trust Co., 1919), by Mass.) State Street Trust Company (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
- Heroe do Mondego. (Imprensa Nacional, 1872), by Antonio da Costa (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two years on the Alabama (Lee and Shepard, 1896), by Arthur Sinclair (page images at HathiTrust)
- Turgut Reis (İkbal Kütüphanesi, 1911), by Ali Riza Seyfi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Man-of-War Life: A Boy's Experience in the United States Navy, During a Voyage Around the World, in a Ship of the Line (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1855), by Charles Nordhoff
- Life and Adventures of Robert, the Hermit of Massachusetts (Providence: Printed for H. Trumbull, 1829), by Henry Trumbull and Robert Voorhis (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Truxtun of the Constellation; the life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755-1822. (Johns Hopkins Press, 1956), by Eugene S. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sea raiders of the American Revolution : the Continental Navy in European waters (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 2003), by E. Gordon Bowen-Hassell, Mark L. Hayes, Dennis Michael Conrad, and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- US sailors in the War of 1812 (Naval Historical Center :, 2004), by Charles E. Brodine, Christine F. Hughes, Michael J. Crawford, and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The gallant deeds of our naval heroes : told for boys and girls : including the adventures of Captain Paul Jones, Commodore Perry, commodore Decatur, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey, and many others of America's brave sailors who won glory in battles at home and abroad; also the story of the ships made famous by great battles and great captains ([publisher not identified], 1902), by Charles Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
- Cruise of the frigate Columbia around the world, under the command of Commodore George C. Read, in 1838, 1839, and 1840. (B. B. Mussey, 1840), by William Meacham Murrell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Twenty years before the mast, or, life in the forecastle, being the experiences and voyages of Nicholas Peter Isaacs. Containing an account of his escapes from wild beasts; from the dangers of war; from British pressgangs; from frequent shipwrecks; together with several remarkable dreams, and a mass of other interesting facts, and including an account of his conversion to God. (J. P. Beckwith, 1845), by Nicholas Peter Isaacs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life and adventures of Robert Voorhis, the hermit of Massachusetts, who has lived 14 years in a cave, secluded from human society : comprising, an account of his birth, parentage, sufferings, and providential escape from unjust and cruel bondage in early life, and his reasons for becoming a recluse (Printed for H. Trumbull, 1829), by Henry Trumbull, Robert Voorhis, and Sylvester S. Southworth (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life in a whaler (Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1860), by pseud Sailor Charley (page images at HathiTrust)
- A relic of the Revolution, containing a full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas, and carried into Plymouth, England, during the Revolution of 1776; with the names of the vessels taken--the names and residence of the several crews, and time of their commitment--the names of such as died in prison, and such as made their escape, or entered on board English men-of-war; until the exchange of prisoners, March 15, 1779. Also, an account of the several cruises of the squadron under the command of Commodore John Paul Jones, prizes taken, etc., etc. (Pub. for the proprietor, by C. H. Pierce, 1847), by Charles Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
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