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An investigation of how the trauma of shipwreck affected American values and behavior

A Sea of Misadventures examines more than one hundred documented shipwreck narratives from the seve…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586533/Longitude-by-Wire
A compelling narrative of how American ingenuity solved an international scientific mystery

At the turn of the nineteenth century, even the most experienced mariners were still risking…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586535/Lewis-Coolidge-and-the-Voyage-of-the-Amethyst-1806-1811
A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville

Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes, the man who accompanied…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586564/The-Day-the-Johnboat-Went-up-the-Mountain
True tales of underwater adventures and discoveries in the Palmetto State's maritime history

Combining his skills as a veteran journalist and well-practiced storyteller with his two dec…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586571/Historic-Canals-and-Waterways-of-South-Carolina
The first history of the canal boom that revolutionized transportation in the Palmetto State

South Carolina's first transportation revolution was the development of a network of canals…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586647/Promotion-or-the-Bottom-of-the-River
Detailed accounts of the career of a United States and Confederate naval officer

South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823-1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust l…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586741/USS-Constellation-on-the-Dismal-Coast
A firsthand account of daily life aboard an American warship intercepting slave-trading vessels

Today the twenty-gun sloop USS Constellation is a floating museum in Baltimore Harbor; in…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4587265/Port-Cities-of-the-Atlantic-World
Traces the maritime routes and the historical networks that link port cities around the Atlantic world

Port Cities of the Atlantic World brings together a collection of essays that exam…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4587098/The-Gulf-of-Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illustrated volume, John S. Sledge explores the pe…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586955/Captain-James-Carlin
A portrait of one of the most successful blockade runners who brought vital supplies to Confederate forces

Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Co…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800