Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine, author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a massive, 34-part saga of seafaring adventure, told chronologically throughout the annals of naval warfare, involving a number of significant figures in world history. Never before collected, this 200,000-word epic includes nearly 200 interior illustrations by artists such as Alex Raymond, John Richard Flanagan, and Leyland R. Gustavson.
by H. Bedford-Jones, illustrated by Frederic Anderson, George Avison, John Richard Flanagan, Leyland R. Gustavson, Robert L. Lambdin, Arthur Lytell, Alex Raymond, Alfred Simpkin, Yngve E. Soderberg, and Harve Stein
Dustjacketed hardcover edition.
Ships and Men: The Complete Epic (Deluxe Edition) by H. Bedford-Jones contains the following stories:
- “Deep-Water Pioneer”
- “The First Sail”
- “The Mother Reef”
- “Nile Skipper”
- “Astarte Sails to War”
- “The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships”
- “The Widow’s Son”
- “Work of the Dead”
- “The Things That Are Cæsar’s”
- “Cleopatra’s Beads”
- “The Silence of the Sea”
- “Son of the Dragon King”
- “The Man Who Ruled the World”
- “The Dead Strike Back”
- “A Girl Like a Sword”
- “Good Night to All the World”
- “Princess of Calicut”
- “For Glory and the Main!”
- “We Must Figure on Death”
- “Flying Dutchman”
- “Rogue’s Yarn”
- “Corsair of Canada”
- “Satan Sails the Ship”
- “Hero in Defeat”
- “Long Tom o’ Devon”
- “Hanging Johnny”
- “Black Cargo”
- “The First Clipper”
- “Skipper of the Greyhound”
- “Men of the River”
- “Stormalong”
- “The Yellow Ship”
- “Death Gave Him His Chance”
- “Tramps of the Sea”
