Any James L Nelson fans?

Status
Not open for further replies.
dscribner

dscribner

.
Nov 9, 2008
1,338
Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
He's been spinning yarns about sailing for years, mainly around the Revolutionary period. He's also a noteworthy historian on the same. Anyway, he has a new novel out "Fin Gall" about Viking age Ireland. Sort of makes sense. When we were kids he had a radio show at midnight to 2:00 am. Called himself Lars Nelson. I guess he's realized the dream.

Enjoy!
 
R

Ray Bowles

.
Oct 6, 2008
857
Hunter, Island Packet, Catalina, San Juan 26,38,22,23 Kettle Falls, Washington
When I was a kid I got caught up listening to Roy Rodgers and then The Science Fiction Theater so I must have missed his show. I always fell asleep before the end of the si-fi show.
The lousy part was my brother would not tell me about the end of the show. He probably was asleep too.
Ray
 
Joe

Joe

.
Jun 1, 2004
8,323
Catalina 27 Mission Bay, San Diego
The American Revolution series is good... I've read two of them.... thanks for the heads up. I'm currently reading Dewey Lambdin's latest two Capt Alan Lewrie sagas.
 
kloudie1

kloudie1

.
Nov 6, 2006
10,218
Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Speaking of books (he said as he began to hijack the thread) .. I read a really good eye-opening memoir from a captain of the big sailing ships during their heyday .. I don't think it is in print any longer but worth a read for sure .. Chronicles of voyages as he worked from cabin boy up through captain .. stories of the races they had to get goods to distant ports first.. to get the best prices for cargo.. Book is "Passages From Sail To Steam" by L.R.W. Bevis. The captain was a photographer and the book includes many outstanding pictures of the old ships..
 
Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson

.
Oct 14, 2005
2,191
1983 Hunter H34 North East, MD
Revolutionary period nautical books-another hijacking...

Acquired an e-book reader recently and found that there are a number of nautical books in the public domain (free-no purchase necessary) that date back to the age of square riggers and the transition to steam.

The ones I have found to be the most interesting so far are by Willis J. Abbot entitled "The Naval History of the United States-volumes 1 & 2". I found them in the common "e-pub" format. I'm about 3/4 through the first volume and have found it facinating history, much in detail and not well known. Joshua Slocum and Robert Dana are other free download authors among others out there. Lots of "trashy" romance novels out there too--LOL!

I download books from my local library or from other internet-accessed sources to my laptop, then use "Calibre" software (freeware) to manage my e-book library. It can convert non-locked (DRM copyright protection file formating) books to one of the common reader formats that my reader can accept (each reader maker has its own proprietary format--like the old Betamax/VHS wars. Each reader can "read" several common formats, but not that of their direct competitors).

I then use Calibre to transfer the book from the PC file location to the reader itself by USB cable. You can get around the wifi issue and the subsequent ads this way.

Hope this info is helpfull as it's getting me through a lousy east coast winter between GOB issues!

Come on Spring!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top Bottom