Folklore And The Sea (Mystic Seaport)

This is a really fun book. It gives you a lot of history, verbatum stories by the "old folks" who really believe these superstitions, and lots of good info on pirates, mermaids, superstitions and customs, and the like. I thought it might be a dry tome since it is so big but its not, if you like history and learning about cultural differences. It is not humorous but written in a light style so it doesn't get boring. Plus you can pick it up and open it to whatever subject you want, there is no chronology so you just read what you fancy that day. A pleasant surprise and highly recommended.

Son in law enjoys this book

excellent

cover is not as shown, but is still the same book inside. presentation is not great, tbh

brilliant book recommended to me as a research source. perfect.

Very rich! Well-written and interesting!

A classic source for creative storytelling.

This is a book devoted to the study of nautical folklore. It gives such things as superstitions, colorful tales, ship naming customs, songs and the like and much of the folklore of the sailors life. It is told by an author who appears in his photo like and has the personality of, exactly the person who should be dealing with the subject, a retired old salt at a seaside inn and so on. If he ever actually does tell stories at an inn, I would not find it odd.It is a great book and one which can be read over and over. It provides splendid entertainment as well as interesting knowledge in a warmhearted manner.