A.B.C. Whipple
Encyclopedia
Addison Beecher Colvin Whipple (born 1918) is a historian
and author who has written largely about ocean
ic subjects since the mid-1950s. He was an executive editor at Time-Life Books, and worked as a reporter for Life
during the 1950s.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and author who has written largely about ocean
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
ic subjects since the mid-1950s. He was an executive editor at Time-Life Books, and worked as a reporter for Life
Life (magazine)
Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
during the 1950s.
Selected list of works
- Yankee Whalers in the South Seas (1954)
- Pirate: Rascals of the Spanish Main (1957)
- Tall Ships and Great Captains; a Narrative of Famous Sailing Ships Through the Ages and the Courageous Men Who Sailed, Fought, or Raced Them Across the Seas (1960)
- Hero of Trafalgar: The Story of Lord Nelson (1963)
- The Fatal Gift of Beauty; the Final Years of Byron and Shelley (1964)
- All About Nelson (1966)
- The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd (1970)
- Fighting Sail (The Seafarers Series - Time Life Books)(1978)
- Vintage Nantucket (1978)
- The Whalers (The Seafarers Series - Time Life Books) (1978)
- The Whalers (1979)
- The Racing Yachts (The Seafarers Series - Time Life Books) (1980)
- The Clipper Ships (1980)
- The Mediterranean (1981)
- Storm (Planet Earth Series - Time Life Books) (1982)
- World War II in the Mediterranean - (Time Life Books) (1982)
- Restless Ocean (Planet Earth Series - Time Life Books) (1983)
- The Challenge (1987)
- To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines (1991)
- Critters: Adventures in Wildest Suburbia (1994)
- Storm (1982)