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Holdings - Biography

The following represents a partial list of our holdings in the above category, and is limited to books (manuscripts, logs, periodicals, artwork, charts, etc are not included). Please note that the term "category" is a very general classification and in no manner should be considered as exclusive.

For example, "Biography" might not contain titles that have been, perhaps arbitrarily, classified as navy, discovery, whaling, etc. Auto-biography is listed separately

A general set of keywords applicable to these titles follows below the table.

Title Author Publisher ISBN 1st ed
Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Light(ed)T. Nelson and Sons 1889
Sea Years of Joseph Conrad, theAllen, JerryDoubleday and Co65-199271965
FDR - a centenary remembranceAlsop, JosephViking Press, NY0-670-30454-91982
ChamplainArmstrong, Joe C.W.MacMillan Company Canada0-7715-9501-81987
Louis RielAsfar, Dan and Chodan, TimFolklore Publishing1-894864-05-02003
Bligh Notebook, TheBach, JohnAllen and Unwin0-04-909032-11987
Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, The - Volume IBalfour, GrahamCharles Scribner's Sons 1901
Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, The - Volume IIBalfour, GrahamCharles Scribner's Sons 1901
Log-Line, TheBeattie, Jessie L.McClelland and Stewart0-7710-1166-01972
Honourable CompanyBellasis, MHollis and Carter, London 1952
Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (Vol I)Beresford, CharlesLittle, Brown and Co 1914
Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (Vol II)Beresford, CharlesLittle, Brown and Co 1914
Winston Churchill, an intimate portraitBonham Carter, VioletKonecky and Konecky1-56852-006-91965
Dear SarahBorden Jr., Norman E.The Bond WheelWright Company, Freeport, Maine, 1966
Sir George Etienne Cartier, Bart. His Life and Times. A Political History of Canada from 1814 until 1873Boyd, JohnMacMillan Co 1914
Makers of Canada, The Vol IIIBradley, AG and McIlwraith, Jean N Morang and Co, Toronto 1911
Stephen DecaturBrady, Cyrus TownsendSmall, Maynard, and Co, Boston 1900
Captain Scott and the Antarctic TragedyBrent, PeterSaturday Review Press0-8715-0258-71974
With the Manchester Ship CanalBruce, Warren J.Richardson, Neil1-85216-057-81990
Samual Pepys - the saviour of the NavyBryant, ArthurThe Reprint Society 1953
Samuel Pepys - the man in the makingBryant, ArthurMacMillan Company 1933
Adventures of John Wetherell, TheC. S. ForesterMichael Joseph0-7181-3844-91994
Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the WorldCameron, IanSaturday Review Press0-8415-0257-91973
Life and Letters of David Beaty, theChalmers, W.S.Hodder And Stoughton 1951
Life of Louis Riel, The Charlebois, Dr. PeterPeople's Publishing0-919600-36-01975
Sea-Borne Thirty years AvoyagingConnolly, James B.Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1944
Jack TierCooper, James FenimoreHoughton,Mufflin & Company 1884
John A Macdonald the young politicianCreighton, DonaldMacmillan Co of Canada 1952
A Sailors OdysseyCunningham, Andrew BrowneDutton and Co. 1951
Nagle Journal, TheDann, John C. (editor)Weidenfeld and Nicolson1-555-84223-21988
Voyage of the Beagle, TheDarwin, Charlesbantam books 1958
Richard Trevithick, the Engineer and the ManDickinson, H.W. and Arthur TitleyCmabridge University Press 1934
Duguay-Trouin MemoiresDuguay-TrouinEditions France-Empire2-7048-0637-31991
I Ran Away To Sea at FiftyFahnestock, Mary SheridanHarcourt, BraceAnd Company 1939
Heroes of the Twentieth CenturyFellowes-Gordon, IanHawthorn Books, NY66-220341966
Cleopatra's BargeFerguson, David L.Little, Brown76-164911976
Heroes from HakluytFinger, Charles J. - Ed.The Henry Holt Company 1928
James Cook Royal NavyFinkel, GeorgeHodder and Staughton0-340-39137-51987
Concise Biographical DictionaryFitzhughGrosset & Dunlap 1935
Standing room onlyFowler, ElizabethDodd, Mead & Company 1944
Emma - Lady hamiltonFraser, FloraAlfred A Knopf0-394-53053-51987
Beaufort of the AdmiraltyFriendly, AlfredRandom House77-060221977
Thomas Bone the Sailors' FriendGibson, JesseThe Upper Canada Tract Society 1908?
Bluenose SkipperGillespie, G.J.Brunswick Press - Publishers 1955
Life and Adventures of John Nicol Mariner, TheGrant, GordonFarrar and Rinehart, Inc 1936
NansenHall, Anna GertrudeViking Press 1940
Sailor's Life, AHartog, Jan deHarper and BrothersLoC 55-89911955
Cochrane - the Life and Exploits of a fighting CaptainHarvey, RobertCarroll and Graf0-7867-0769-02000
MountBattens, theHatch, Alden Random House 1965
Two old sea dogs - Drake and BlakeHayens, HerbertCollins 1900?
Sea Lark, theHelm, ThomasA.A. Wyn55-108831955
Captains from DevonHill Miller, HelenAlgonquin Books0-912697-27-x1985
And Tomorrow the StarsHill, KayDodd, Mead and Company68-278191968
Churchill speaker of the centuryHumes, James C.Stein and Day0-8128-2710-41980
Eyes of the Navy, TheJames, adm Sir WilliamMethuen and Co 1955
Lives of Celebrated Female SovereignsJameson, AnnaPorter and Coates 1870
Juet's JournalJuet, RobertThe New Jersey Historical Society0-919001-54-81959
Book of the motor-boat, TheKarshZiff-Davis 1946
Faces of DestinyKarshZiff-Davis 1946
Jack London, a lifeKershaw, AlexSt Martin's Griffin0-312-19904-x1998
De Gaulle, The Rebel 1890-1944Lacouture, JeanHarvill0-00-271288-11990
De Gaulle, The Ruler 1945-1970Lacouture, JeanHarvill0-00-271289-X1992
Franklin Happy VoyagerLamb, G.F.Ernest Benn Ltd 1956
Redcoat Sailor, story of Sir Howard DouglasLambert, R.S.Macmillan of Canada 1956
Pyke, the Unknown GeniusLampe, DavidEvans Brothers 1959
Count Frontenac, Wolfe and MontcalmLe Sueur, William DOxfordUniversity Press 1928
Stefansson Ambassador of the NorthLeBordais, D.M.Harvest House63-172431963
Makers of Canada, The Vol XLewis, John and Hannay, JamesMorang and Co, Toronto 1911
Makers of Canada, The Vol VILindsey, Charles and DeCelles, Alfred D.Morang and Co, Toronto 1911
Tom Thomson Mystery, TheLittle, William TMcGraw Hill07-077355-61970
Mr. Barrow of the AdmiraltyLloyd, ChristopherCollins00-211528-x1970
Lord CochraneLloyd, Christopher Owl Books0-8050-5569-X1998
Wellington - the years of the swordLongford, ElizabethHarper and Row75-959731969
Makers of Canada, The Vol VIILongley, JW and Hannay, James and Shortt, AdamMorang and Co, Toronto 1911
Nathaniel BowditchLoring, Augustus P.Newcomen Society 1950
Arctic Man, AnLyall, ErnieHurtig Publishers0-88830-168-51979
Boss TweedLynch, Denis TildenBoni and Liveright 1927
William Dennison LyonLyon, William DennisonBrooklineprivate1919
Alexander Graham BellMackenzie, CatherineHoughton Mifflin Co 1928
Captain CookMacLean, AlistairFontana/ Collins 1972
Extraordinary SeamanMallalieu, J.P.W.Macmillan Company58-81551958
Last Lion, The - WS Churchill, visions of glory, 1874-1932Manchester, WilliamLittle, Brown and Co0-316-54503-11983
A Million Miles In SailMcCulloch, John HerriesDodd, Mead & Company 1933
Admiral Bayfield: Pioneer Nautical SurveyorMcKenzie, RuthEnvironment Canada 1976
Bligh, a True Account of his Mutiny aboard HMS BountyMcKinney, SamInternational Marine Publishing Co0-87742-981-21988
Watchman against the WorldMcPherson, FloraRyerson Press 1962
Some Mariners of FranceMinnegerode, MeadeG.P Putnam's Sons 1930
Commodore Isaac Hull, USNMolloy, Leo TThe Hull Book Fund 1964
Nelson's Lady HamiltonMoorhouse, E. HallamMusson Book Co Ltd, Toronto 1900
Robert FultonMorgan, John S.Mason Charter0-88405-438-11977
Admiral of the Ocean SeaMorison, Samuel EliotLittle, Brown and Co1-56731-143-11942
Fisher's Face, or getting to know the AdmiralMorris, JanRandom House, NY0-679-41609-91995
Crusoes of Sunday IslandMorton, Elsie KG. Bell and Sons 1957
My Father's SonMowat, FarleyKey Porter Books Ltd1-55013-430-21992
Canada's Sons and Great Britain in the World WarNasmith, Col. George G.Thomas Allen 1919
Venture Library, TheNewbolt, Sir HenryLongmans 1931
Paddlewheel PirateNewell, GordonE.P.Dutton & Co 1959
Bronfman Dynasty, the Rothschilds of the New WorldNewman, Peter C.McClelland and Stewart0-7710-6758-51978
Three ships came SailingNoble A.H.Hutchinson 1956
So noble a CaptainParr, Charles McKewThomas Y. CrowellLoC 53-75251953
So noble a CaptainParr, Charles McKewThomas Y. CrowellLoC 53-75251953
Shorter Pepys, ThePepys, Latham, Samuel, Robert (editor)University of California0-520-03426-01985
Set of the Sails, ThePitcher, Arthur RCreative Publishers, NFL0-920021-71-91989
Henry HudsonPowys, LlewelynThe Bodley Head 1927
Journals of Hezekiah Prince JrPrince, HezekiahCrown Publishers65-243211965
Life of Captain Robert Halpin, TheRees, JimDee-Jay Publications0-9519239-0-01992
Ran away to seaReid, Capt MaynePrivate (Ticknor and Fields) 1859
Kennedys at War, TheRenehan, Edward JDoubleday0-385-50165-x2002
Officially DeadReynolds, QuentinRandom House 1945
Winston ChurchillReynolds, QuentinRandom House63-78311963
Lord Riddell's War DiaryRiddell, LordIvor Nicholson and Watson 1933
Captain KiddRitchie, Robert C.Barnes & Noble0-7607-0840-11998
Sir Richard Grenville of the RevengeRowse, A.L. Jonathan Cape 1937
From the Forecastle to the CabinSamuels, Samuel S. CaptainHarper and Brothers, 1887
Eye of the Wind, TheScott, PeterHodder and Stoughton 1961
Life of John Quincy AdamsSeward, William H.Henry T. Coates 1887
Heritage of the Bounty, TheShapiro, Harry LSimon and Schuster 1936
Berlin DiaryShirer, William LAlfred A. Knopf 1941
Sailing Alone Slocum, Joshua Penguin 0-14-043736-31999
Captain Joshua SlocumSlocum, VictorSheridan House0-911378-04-91950
Prime Ministers of Queen VictoriaSmith, G. BarnettGeorge Routledge and Sons 1888
KennedySorenson, Theodore CHarper and Row65-146601965
Alone at SeaSpencer, AnnDoubleday Canada Ltd.0-385-25720-11998
Steered By the Falling StarsSpurr, DanielRagged Mountain Press0-87742-332-61992
Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, TheStark, James H.James H. Stark, Boston 1910
Uncommon Sailor, AnStreet, LucieSt Martins Press0-312-01526-71988
Robert Fulton and the ClermontSutcliffe, Alice CraryThe Century Co, NY 1909
John Roach - Maritime EntrepreneurSwann, Leonard A.United States Naval Institute65-280141965
Search for Captain Slocum, TheTeller, Walter MagnesCharles Scribner's Sons56-98791956
Count Luckner the Sea DevilThomas, LowellGarden City Publishing Co. 1927
SeaDevil's Fo'c'sle. TheThomas, LowellGarden city publishing Co. 1929
Young BoswellTinker, Chauncey BrewsterAtlantic Monthly Press, Boston 1922
Raft, TheTrumbull, RobertHenry Holt and Company 1942
Life on the MississippiTwain, MarkNew english library limited 1961
Story of Louis Riel, TheunknownColes  1885
Van Loon's Livesvan Loon, Hendrik WillemSimon and Schuster, NY 1942
Captain CookVilliers, AlanPenguin books 1967
Lure Of The Labador Wild, TheWallace, DillonNimbus Publishing0-921054-58-01990
Commandore Perry'sWallach, SidneyCoward-McCann, Inc. 1952
Cunningham of Hyndhope: Admiral of the FleetWarner, OliverJohn Murray 1967
John F. KennedyWhite, Nancy BeanBullseye0-679-83601-21965
William DampierWilkinson, ClennellThe Bodley Head 1929
Matthew Fontaine Maury, scientist of the seaWilliams, Frances LeighRutgers University Press63-105641963
MountbattenZiegler, PhilipKnopf0-394-52098-X1985
Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis MountbattenZiegler, Philip (ed)Collins0-00-217607-61988

 

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