Books & Videos

One of the primary purposes of NOUS is to encourage research and writing on naval and maritime subjects. Annually, NOUS gives the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature to the author of a published book of particular merit. The 2024 winner is The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power by Nicholas Lambert.

The 2023 winner was Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin. The 2022 winner was Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. by Paul Stillwell. No award was given in 2021.

For Author, Agent and Publisher inquiries about eligibility and general information, please contact:
William H Schmidt williamhschmidt@icloud.com
Past Commander - NY Commandery, Co-Chairman, RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award Committee

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Books and Videos by Our Naval Order Companions

Naval Order Companions who wish to enter books that they have authored or videos that they have produced, enter your work into the form at the bottom of this page.

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The Civil War on the Water: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War
The Civil War on the Water: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War

edited by Dwight Hughes and Chris Mackowski

A navy veteran might call this a book of sea stories, specifically Civil War sea stories. Such tales—like fish stories, campfire stories, and aging-warrior stories— traditionally have about them elements of the fantastic and the fabricated. A true sailor would begin with, "This is no s**t!" Essays within indeed take place on the oceans, also on the beaches, in the harbors, and on the rivers of the Civil War. They are, however, comprehensive narrative history fashioned by talented public historians at Emerging Civil War. They also contain features of the fantastic but with the virtue of being true. Although the chapters are roughly chronological, these essays make for good browsing in any order of interest. They touch on many topics from strategy, tactics, and technology to social and political issues as well as personalities great and lowly. Devotees of both Civil War and naval history will discover unique perspectives on familiar events as well as obscure tales filling gaps of knowledge and understanding.

Email: shipdriver@verizon.net
Publisher: Savas Beatie, 2023

Ordering Info: Savas Beatie. See other works by this NOUS companion here.

'Tin Can': An Incomplete History of a 20th Century Destroyer
'Tin Can': An Incomplete History of a 20th Century Destroyer

by Gilbert Beyer

This book is more of a scrapbook than it is a history. The idea for it came into being while sitting around over beers with a group of shipmates at a reunion of former Fiske sailors. The late Tom Clancy once wrote, "If it isn't written down it never happened." I started collecting these stories in 2010 and got the last one received into this edition. This is probably the last in the series. Too many of the people involved have passed, some never having told their stories. Today is a different world than it was after World War II and before 9/11 but we would do history an injustice if we failed to recognize its passing.

Email: ddr6063@gmail.com
Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Ordering Info: Amazon. See other works by this NOUS companion here.

Armada: The Invincible
Armada: The Invincible

by Kevin Glynn

An historical fiction novel that present a dramatic retelling of the Battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The navies of Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philip II of Spain square off for ten days of fighting in the English Channel. The story is told by the viewpoints of the protagonists on either side of the conflict. Are Elizabeth's fighting "sea dog" mariners up to the task of beating the Spanish juggernaut? Read the book to find out.

Email: kevin_j_glynn@yahoo.com
Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Ordering Info: Amazon

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