Myth, Fact, and Navigators' Secrets: Incredible Tales of the Sea and Sailors

By J. Gregory Dill

Book Overview

What's a sailor to do when the sea's at a dead calm and there's no wind to fill the sails? He might just have to pour himself a Dark and Stormy and while away the afternoon in the starboard bunk with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592288790
• ISBN13: 9781592288793
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Nautical Adventures Beyond the Ordinary

I was searching the Internet for my Dill ancestors when I ran across J. Gregory Dill. I was led to Ocean Navigator magazine and enjoyed what I read of his so when I heard that he had written Myth, Fact and Navigators' Secrets I had to buy it. He says in the forward that it's appropriate to use as a bathroom reader and I would agree. However, when it arrived and I sampled it before stowing it away for later use, I found I couldn't put it down until being reminded that it was bedtime. That was 177 pages into the book. The balance of the book was soon finished without ever having seen the use for which it was intended. From Ernest Hemingway's attempt to create an anti submarine vessel from his yacht during WWII to John Paul Jones relieving Lady Selkirk of her silver on the coast of Scotland during the Revolutionary War the book fascinates one with little known stories of adventure and intrigue and written with a sense of humor. Bob Dill