sailors

Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.

Captain Elijah Twain rescues a mermaid from the Hudson River and nurses her back to health in the secrecy of his cabin, while the owner of the steamboat Twain captains, Lafayette, harbors secrets of his own. Meanwhile, reclusive author C.G. Beaverton publishes a new book that may hold answers for both men.

Presents in graphic novel format a recasting of Coleridge's poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in which the voyage becomes a story about environmental disaster.

Toward the end of World War II, a group of American sailors on a cargo ship in the Pacific combat their boredom by irritating their unpopular captain--an enterprise also enjoyed by Mr. Roberts, a lieutenant who is not a fan of the skipper either.

Retells the tales of the legendary Yankee sailor who performed amazing feats of seamanship aboard an extraordinarily large vessel.

Looks at the life of sailors, pirates, and others on the sea.