Re: Nautical book authors

what book did Richard Woodman write and what is it about that excited you
so?
bob


"Grandpa" <jsdebooATcomcast.net> wrote in message
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> I like books of the old tall ship variety mostly.  I have compiled a
> list of authors & titles that I use when I go to the library, or to
> bookstores.  Sadly, many of these are not available in our library
> system in Albuquerque, NM (USA) - Grrrrr and several more don't seem to
> be available in the US at all.  If anyone has additions to this list,
> I'd appreciate hearing from you so I can add the author and his/her
> books to my "I will Read" list.  As you can tell, I've spent countless
> hours searching sites on the internet to compile it.
>
> Ashley, Mike
> Connery, Tom
> Donachie, David (AKA above)
> Fender, JE
> Forester, CS (I've read the Hornblower series - EXCELLENT!)
> Glynn, Kevin
> Johnson, Roger L.
> Kent, Alexander (read Midshipman Bolitho so far - EXCELLENT!)
> Lambdin, Dewey
> Lawrence, Lian
> MAriner, John
> Marryat, Frederick
> MEader, Stephen W.
> Monsarrat, Nicholas (read The Cruel Sea - EXCELLENT!)
> Needle, Jan (read both books - EXCELLENT!)
> Nelson, James (read both series - EXCELLENT!)
> O'Brian, Patrick (having a hard time getting into them, too verbose)
> O'Steen, Jopseph
> Palliser, Marcus
> Parkinson, Cyril Northcote
> Parkinson, Dan
> Perkins, Wilder (didn't like the series or the plots)
> Pope, Dudley
> Poyer, David (read Fire on the Waters - ok)
> Rogers, Irv C.
> Russel, William Clark
> Sabatini, Rafael
> Scott, Michael
> Smith, A.D. Howden
> Stockwin, Julian (read the 3 available, all good but Kydd is AWESOME!)
> Stirling, S.M. (read Island in the Sea of Time, great plot, book was ok)
> White, Charles
> White, William H.
> Woodman, Richard (reading the 1st book, EXCELLENT!!!!!!!)
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