Category Archives: Book Reviews
Review – Speck on the Sea
Set sail on an epic voyage into the world of epic voyages A Speck on the Sea Epic Voyages of the Most Improbable Vessels By William H. Longyard Reviewed by Edward Lundquist <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Most mariners can appreciate a good ending to a bad voyage. Many of us have […]
Review: The Last Shot – The Incredible Journey of the CSS Shenandoah and the True Conclusion of the American Civil War
Lynn Schooler’s book “The Last Shot – The Incredible Journey of the CSS Shenandoah and the True Conclusion of the American Civil War,” (Harper Collins, $25.95 U.S.) about the last Confederate Navy ship to conduct operations is a scholarly historical account and a riveting sea story. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The […]
Review: To be a Navy SEAL
To be a Navy SEAL, by Cliff Hollenbeck and Dick Couch $19.95 Motorbooks International Publishing Company <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Reviewed by Thomas Lundquist with Edward Lundquist Want to be a Navy SEAL? Read this book first. Many young people imagine joining the elite U.S. Navy SEALs. So Sea […]
Review – Strike from the Sea
Strike from the Sea The Royal Navy & U.S. Navy at War in the Middle East 1949-2003 By Iain Ballantyne Pen & Sword Maritime Books Published in the U.S. by U.S. Naval Institute Press Reviewed by Capt. Edward Lundquist, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U. S. Navy (Ret.) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns […]
Review – A Handful of Emeralds – On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific
My own personal experience aboard USS Tawakoni (ATF-114) in the Western Carolines bears a remarkable similarity to those recollected by Meredith in his book “A Handful of Emeralds – On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific.”
