Boats

Books tagged with "boat" may be non-fiction about boats themselves or a non-fiction maritime account. The tag will also be used for fiction books where at least part of the story takes place on a boat.

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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Little Tug
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Old Boat
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Sail Away (Rise and Shine)
Boats on the Bay: A First Book of Boats and Watercraft
I'm Mighty!: A Harbor Picture Book About a Small Tugboat Pulling Big Ships for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Kate and Jim Mcmullan)
Who Sank the Boat? (Paperstar)
Old MacDonald Had a Boat
Mighty Tug
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskeyMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyScuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude CramptonOne Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskeyThe Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
Picture Books with Boats
107 books — 8 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Odyssey by Homer
Boat Books
801 books — 507 voters

The River Why by David James DuncanA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacleanA Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing by Tim WeedJerk on One End by Robert HughesThe Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton
Great Fishing Book Collection
84 books — 29 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Maritime Classics
279 books — 99 voters

Disney's Treasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyGolden Lily - 10 Years On by Lijia XuTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyDisney's Treasure Planet Read Along by Ron Kidd
Disney Treasure Planet books
14 books — 2 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
Ships on the Cover
463 books — 136 voters

Hank Bracker
“ When he returned to Florida in the early part of 1939, Hemingway took his boat the Pilar across the Straits of Florida to Havana, where he checked into the Hotel Ambos Mundos. Shortly thereafter, Martha joined him in Cuba and they first rented, and later in 1940, purchased their home for $12,500. Located 10 miles to the east of Havana, in the small town of San Francisco de Paula, they settled into what they called Finca Vigía, the Lookout Farm. On November 20, 1940, after a difficult divorce fro ...more ”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba"

Tom Stoppard
“ Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat? Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats. ...more ”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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