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W. CLARK RUSSELL (1844-1911) was an English author, and a sailor for several years before he turned to journalism and fiction. He was well-regarded in his day for THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR and for THE DEATH SHIP, A STRANGE STORY (sometimes reprinted as THE FLYING DUTCHMAN). He wrote much on nautical topics and campaigned to improve working conditions for seamen. The Phantom Death and Other Stories collects 11 of Russell's classic horror-lace...

W. CLARK RUSSELL (1844-1911) was an English author, and a sailor for several years before he turned to journalism and fiction. He was well-regarded in his day for THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR and for THE DEATH SHIP, A STRANGE STORY (sometimes reprinted as THE FLYING DUTCHMAN). He wrote much on nautical topics and campaigned to improve working conditions for seamen. The Phantom Death and Other Stories collects 11 of Russell's classic horror-lace...

Excerpt from The Emigrant Ship, Vol. 2 of 3 I sat as requested, lighting my pipe afresh. The tobacco, being thick-cut and damp, yielded a long smoke. I felt nervous on a sudden. But the swing of the lamp threw a frequent shadow over my face, which I knitted into a hard, resolved expression, a thing not difficult to manage, when you have plenty of eyebrows, and Slack, sailorly hair upon the brow, and when there's no hurry to speak or act. The...

Excerpt from Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 1 of 3N ow have I brought you to my home, to the home in which I was living a little while before the strange and terrible experience that, with the help of another pen, 'i am about to relate befel me. And that you may thoroughly understand the story which I shall almost immediately enter upon, it is necessary that I should submit a little home picture to you.About the PublisherForgotten Books publis...

Excerpt from The Emigrant Ship, Vol. 3 of 3Feeling exhausted, I entered the pantry for a dram of brandy, then sat at the table to rest. But I was not allowed to be long alone. After ten minutes, Brigstock and Harding arrived, and the former asked me to give them the place of the ship at noon. This I did, and wanting to hear more of the man Bull, feeling equal to a short chat, though not to the like of such exertion as I was fresh from, I said....

Excerpt from Jack's Courtship, Vol. 1 of 3: A Sailor's Yarn of Love and ShipwreckWhy will mammas let their little boys go to sea It is not only that it is the hardest life in the world, when once you are a sailor you are always a sailor, and the calling sticks to you as the rings and bracelets do which are pricked upon your wrists and fingers, so that should you ever happen to fall in love with a girl who does not much care about sailors, but ...

Excerpt from Heart of Oak, Vol. 3 of 3: A Three-Stranded Yarn Sir Mortimer listened to me with passionate interest, dwelling upon every syllable, catch ing me up if he did not clearly understand. Sometimes his eyes brightened, as With a little struggle of hope, but often he shook his head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprod...

Excerpt from The Convict Ship, Vol. 2 of 3 A second man holding a lantern raised it to my face and peered at me. I had seen both fellows in this place before, they were the boatswain and the sailmaker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology ...

Excerpt from The Romance of Jenny Harlowe, and Sketches of Maritime Life The Indian voyage is too hot, said he, for a man in quest of health and who I take it wants his nerves screwed up till they are in tune and fit for life to make pleasant music upon. If you go to India you twice penetrate the broiling parallels of the Equator on your way there, and you risk the sickening stagnation of the Bay of Bengal, but the Australian trip gives you a...

Excerpt from The Tale of the Ten, Vol. 3 of 3: A Salt-Water RomanceA merry company went to dinner that day on board the barque Queen. None merrier was probably a¿oat in any hour of that year. Eight seated themselves. Captain Trollope insisted upon keeping the deck: Caldwell remained at the wheel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprod...

Excerpt from What Cheer!Levi Whittaker was a retired boat-builder. He had built in his day some of the finest of the craft whose keels roared down the shingle when they rushed to the wash of the surf and smote the breaker into smoke. Three times had he failed three times had he cast the eyes of a madman in the direction of Minster Union, near to Sandwich. And now behold him a retired boat-builder, one of the most snug and comfortable men in De...

Excerpt from Round the Galley Fire These stories and sketches originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph. No further preface to them is needed than this statement, for the title under which they are collected will fitly express their character, if the reader can imagine himself one of an audience, in a cold Dog Watch, listening to the yarns of a man Who has planted himself in the galley, Where he delivers his memories and notions to the littl...

Excerpt from The Convict Ship, Vol. 3 of 3BY this time the awning had been spread. In the cuddy a crowd of convicts were roar ing out the chorus Of some vulgar popular song Of that time. Will said We have had nothing to eat. Aren't you hungry?' Here, you!' exclaimed Tom to the fel low at the helm. Jump below to the cuddy and bring us some food and wine to break fast Off. I'll not trust this young gentleman amongst them You're known as a friend...

Excerpt from Horatio Nelson and the Naval Supremacy of EnglandConfidence in young Nelson Examination for lieutenant Captain William Locker - Sickly constitution - Capture of an American letter-of-marque - Career in the West Indies Prince William - Nicaragua expedition - Residence at Bath - A Baltic cruise - Anecdote of the [farmony - Lord Hood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mo...

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Excerpt from Marooned, Vol. 2 of 3 Two mornings after this, on going on deck shortly before the breakfast - hour, I found the weather changed. The high sun, the blue skies which had shone over us now for many days together, were gone. The atmosphere was gloomy, with a pale thickness that brought the sea-line to within cannon-shot. Under the lead coloured gloom over the mastheads one could dimly catch sight here and there of a black curl of sc...

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Originally published in 1882, The information on The loss of the 'Lady Maud' on one of the Bahama Cays from the account of a guest on board makes for absorbing reading throughout. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

William Clark Russell was a writer of nautical novels, born in New York. He spent eight years at sea as a sailor, gaining the experience he would use in his fiction. After his years at sea, he turned to journalism, and was on the staff of New York's "Daily Chronicle" before he took to writing novels. "The Frozen Pirate" is the story of Paul Rodney, a sailor who narrowly escapes death by shipwreck and exposure in the Straits of Magellan. Surmo...