Books

While we cannot take credit for the work outlined below, we are proud of the research created by the graduates of our program.  Below is a list of books and monographs produced by alumni since 1981.

Selection Criteria:

(1) Peer-reviewed books and monographs

(2) Published Federal Government Reports

If you are a graduate of the MA Maritime Studies and have published a book (or we’ve missed one of your publications), please feel contact Karen Underwood (underwoodk@ecu.edu) and we will update the list.


Babits, Lawrence E. and Stephanie Gandulla (editors)

2015    The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Babits, Lawrence E., and Joshua Howard

2009    Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse.  The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.

Babits, Lawrence E., and Hans Van Tilburg (editors)

1998    Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions.  Springer Press, New York, NY.

Beshears, Jemison, and Greg Martin

1995    Important Custer, Indian War and Western Memorabilia. Butterfield & Butterfield Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers, San Francisco, CA.

Bisbee, Saxon T.

2018    Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Brenckle, Matthew, Lauren McCormack, Sarah Watkins

2012    Men of Iron: USS Constitution’s War of 1812 Crew. USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA.

Browning, Robert M., Jr.

1996    U.S. Merchant Vessel War Casualties of World War II. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD.

2002    Success Is All That Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. Brassey’s, Inc. Dulles, VA.

2003    From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL.

2004    Forrest: The Confederacy’s Relentless Warrior. Potomac Books, Inc., Washington, DC.

2011    United States Merchant Marine Casualties of World War II. McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC.

2015    Lincoln’s Trident: The West Gulf Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Campbell, Peter B. (editor)

2017    The Archaeology of Underwater Caves. Highfield Press, Southampton.

Corbin, Annalies

2000    The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological Evidence from the Missouri River.  Springer, New York, NY.

2006    The Life and Times of the Steamboat Red Cloud, or, How Merchants, Mounties, and the Missouri Transformed the West. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.

Corbin, Annalies, and Bradley A. Rodgers

2008    The Steamboat Montana and the Opening of the West: History, Excavation, and Architecture. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Corbin, Annalies, and Matthew Russell (editors)

2010    When the Land Meets the Sea: Historical Archaeology of Tourism in Yellowstone National Park. Springer, New York, NY.

Delgado, James P.

1988    A Symbol of American Ingenuity, Assessing the Significance of USS Monitor: Historical Context Study for the Civil War Ironclad Warship USS Monitor. Prepared for the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Marine and Estuarine Management Division, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

1988    Submerged Cultural Resource Assessment Golden Gate National Recreation Area Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and Point Reyes National Sea Shore.  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Submerged Cultural Resources Center. Professional Papers No.18. Santa Fe, NM.

1992    Dauntless St. Roch: The Mounties’ Artic Schooner.  Horsdal & Schubart, Victoria, BC.

1996    Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll. University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, HI.

1999    Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. Checkmark Books, NY.

2000    Native American Shipwrecks. Franklin Watts, New York, NY.

2000    Shipwrecks from the Westward Movement. Franklin Watts, New York, NY.

2001    Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea.  Douglas & McIntyre Press, Vancouver.

2003    Arctic Workhorse: The RCMP Schooner St. Roch. TouchWood Editions, Victoria, BC.

2005    Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver. Stanton Atkins & Dosil, Vancouver, BC.

2009    Adventures of a Sea Hunter: In Search of Famous Shipwrecks. Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.

2009    Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco’s Waterfront. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

2009    Khubliai Khan’s Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

2009    Nuclear Dawn: The Atomic Bomb from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK.

2012    Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls. Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.

Delgado, James P. (editor)

1997    Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. British Museum Press, London, UK.

Delgado, James P., Daniel J. Lenihan, and Larry E. Murphy

1991    The archeology of the atomic bomb: A submerged cultural resources assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons. Prepared for the Kili/Kikini/Ejit Local Government Council by the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, National Park Service, Southwest Cultural Resources Center. Professional Papers No.37. Santa Fe, NM.

Delgado, James, Terry Kerby, Hans K. Van Tilburg, Steven Price, Ole Varmer, Maximilian D. Cremer, Russell Matthews

2016    The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor: The Rediscovery and Archaeology of Japan’s Top-Secret Midget Submarines of World War II. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.

Delgado, James, Thomás Mendizábal, H. Hanselmann, Dominique Rissolo

2016    The Maritime Landscape of the Isthmus of Panama. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Dudley, Wade G.

2003    Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD.

2003    Drake: For God, Queen, and Plunder. Brassey’s, Dulles, VA.

2008    Historic Photos of Winston-Salem. Turner Publishing, Nashville, TN.

2008    Historic Photos of Wilmington. Turner Publishing, Nashville, TN.

2008    Historic Photos of North Carolina. Turner Publishing, Nashville, TN.

Ferrell, James, and Jemison Beshears

2000    Fine Antique Arms, Including Militaria, Western Americana and Gangster Memorabilia.  Butterfield & Butterfield Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers, San Francisco, CA.

Fontenoy, Paul E.

1994    The Sloops of the Hudson River: A historical and Design Survey. Mystic Seaport Museum in association with the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Mystic CT.

2006    Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA.

2007    Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA.

Fonvielle, Chris E., Jr.

1999    Fort Anderson: Battle for Wilmington.  Savas Publishing Company, Mason City, IA.

2001    The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.

2007    Historic Wilmington and The Lower Cape Fear: An Illustrated History. Historical Publishing Network, San Antonio, TX.

2007    Last Stand at Wilmington: The Battle of Forks Road. Renovah Publishing Company.

2011    Fort Fisher 1865: The Photographs of T.H. O’Sullivan. NC Starburst Press, Carolina Beach, NC.

2014    Faces of Fort Fisher, 1861-1864. NC Starburst Press, Carolina Beach, NC.

2015    To Forge a Thunderbolt: Fort Anderson and the Battle for Wilmington. SlapDash Publishing, Wilmington, NC.

2020    Glory at Wilmington: The Battle of Forks Road. NC Starburst Press, Carolina Beach, NC.

Harris, Lynn B.

2015    Patroons and Periaguas: Enslaved Watermen and Watercraft of the Lowcountry. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC.

Harris, Lynn, B. (editor)

2016    Sea Ports and Sea Power: African Maritime Landscapes Studies. Springer Press, New York, NY.

Hoyt, Joseph, James P. Delgado, Bradley Barr, Bruce Terrell, Valerie Grussing

2014    “Graveyard of the Atlantic”: An Overview of North Carolina’s Maritime Cultural Landscape. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and National Oceanic Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Maritime Heritage Program Series: Number 4, Silver Spring, MD.

Jackson, Claude V., III

2008    The Big Book of the Cape Fear River. Dram Tree Books, Wilmington, NC.

Jasper, Joy Waldron, James P. Delgado, Jim Adams.

2001    The USS Arizona: The Ship, the Men, the Pearl Harbor Attack, and the Symbol That Aroused America. Truman Talley Books, New York, NY.

Jensen, John Odin

2019    Stories from the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks. Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI.

Lawrence, Matthew, John Galluzzo, Deborah Marx

2015    Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank: Disaster in New England’s National Marine Sanctuary. The History Press, Charleston, SC.

MacKenzie, Morgan

2011    American Lightships: History, Construction, and Archaeology Within the Maritime Cultural Landscape. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany.

McAden, John W., Jr., Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr.

2008    Louis Froelich: Arms-Maker to the Confederacy. SlapDash Publishing, LLC, Wilmington, NC.

Mercogliano, Salvatore R.

2017    Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Merriman, Ann M

2011    Egyptian Watercraft Models from the Predynastic to Third Intermediate Periods. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford.

Mitchell-Cook, Amy

2013    A Sea of Misadventures: Shipwreck and Survival in Early America. University of South Carolina Press, SC.

Moore, R. Scott

2015    The Civil War on the Atlantic Coast, 1861-1865. Center of Military History United States Army Washington, D.C.

Ray, Eric D., Bradford M Jones, Amy Borgens, and James E Bruseth

2017    La Belle: The Archaeology of a Seventeenth-Century Vessel of New World Colonization. Texas A & M University Press, College Station.

Reid, Phillip

2020    The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800.  Brill Publishers, Boston, MA.

Richards, Nathan, and Sami Kay Seeb (editors)

2013    The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment. Springer, New York, NY.

Rodgers, Bradley A.

1996    Guardian of the Great Lakes: The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.

2004    The Archaeologist’s Manual for Conservation: A Guide for Non-Toxic, Minimal Intervention Artifact Stabilization. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY.

Russell, Matthew A.,

2004    Comet: Submerged Cultural Resources Site Report, Channel Islands National Park. Submerged Resources Center, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM.

2005    Beached Shipwreck Archeology: Case Studies from Channel Islands National Park. Submerged Resources Center, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM.

Terrell, Bruce G.

2007    Fathoming Our Past: Historical Contexts of the National Marine Sanctuaries. NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, MD.

Terrell, Bruce G., Gordon P Watts, and Timothy J Runyan

2014    The Search for Planter: The Ship That Escaped Charleston and Carried Robert Smalls to Destiny. Maritime Heritage Series Program. No. 1

Thiesen, William H

2006    Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation of Ship Design and    Construction, 1820-1920. Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Van Tilburg, Hans

2007    Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2010    A Civil War Gunboat in Pacific Waters: Life on Board USS Saginaw. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Watts, Gordon P,

1982    Investigating the Remains of the U.S.S. Monitor: A Final Report on 1979 Site Testing in the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management; N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources; Harbor Branch Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; Fort Pierce, FL.

2014    Shipwrecked: Bermuda’s Maritime Heritage.  National Museum of Bermuda Press, Hamilton, Bermuda