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Books by Captain Neal Parker
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It was Mr. and Mrs. Peasoup's last wish to save their daughter Billy from a world where children who were different were not tolerated. Now, hurtling through space, the eight-year-old girl encounters a strange planet where she is befriended by two very unlikely companions and comes to discover that there is no place like home... Billy, of no use at all is a whimsical tale that is sure to delight young and old alike. This recommendation includes the very old but not necessarily the extremely young. For example, a story like this would be completely lost on a little person under the age of three. However, that is not to say children under three shouldn't be read to. $14.95
"Don't dare move, young fool. If you do fifty-thousand volts of raw energy will cook you 'til you look like nothing more than a burnt English muffin..." Fourteen-year-old Ruth Waterman summers on her family's island in Maine. A bright and spirited girl, she is oft neglected by her wealthy globetrotting parents. In a small town, further up the coast, ten-year-old Hawkins has run away to escape the beatings of his drunken father. Finding his way to Waterman's Island he makes a home aboard a wrecked fishing boat. When Ruth discovers the trespassing boy she tries to bully him off her island. Though from very different backgrounds the two develop a friendship during a challenge that Ruth presents so that Hawkins might prove himself worthy to claim the derelict boat for his own. The boy's trial takes the adventurers to the laboratory of Professor Bean and some very peculiar dangers. Stay tuned for Book #2 in The Strange Perils of Ruth and Hawkins "The Monkey's Skull" $12.92
A fountain of greasy cinders spewed from the steamship's black-topped funnel. A deep horn bellowed as the pilot boat slipped away and the vessel gained speed. Standing poised at the bow, with the fresh wind in his face, was Horatio Mudd, pig at large... From his humble beginnings in the English countryside and with the sure sentence of death upon him, Horatio Mudd escapes to America. There he begins life anew and discovers unimaginable hardships and a society unable to accept his porcine heritage. A story so gripping you'll never view humans the same again... and an example of one hog's triumph over adversity! —The Saturday Evening Pig This story breaks the dreadful stereotype cast by George Orwell's work of fiction Animal Farm. Long live Horatio Mudd!!! —Playpig Magazine We're not sure this is kosher... —American Rabbinical Review Author Neal Parker treats his subject with a sensitivity unequaled. The reader might well believe he himself is swine. —WPIG-TV $14.95
Ralf Winslow, lobsterman, was often a man of few words... and lately what he had to say was not particularly nice. Fishing and life in general hadn't been going well for Ralf. Then one quiet morning, the lone lobsterman was startled by a mystifying streak of light swooping across the dawn. The fiery white band closed with the surface of the water, tearing along the line of Ralf's traps and buoys. Before he could appreciate what was taking place, a steaming saucer the size of a kiddy park merry-go-round and just as colorful came to rest not twenty feet from crashing into the Betsy Ann Jolene. From that time on Ralf and the universe were changed forever... This funny, odd, quirky little fable reads like a collaboration between Robert McCloskey and Robert Heinlein. Think you know all about crusty Maine lobstermen and 'people from away'? Think again chummy! —Tim Sample, Maine Humorist That Ralf fella was pretty smart. Me, I woulda just shot the spaceman. —Charlie Creelock, Lobsterman, Matinicus Island, Maine And here is what the world's leading Ufologist had to say... Because I have lectured about UFOs in 18 countries, written two books and done many radio and TV programs, I have to read almost everything that comes out on UFOs. What a pleasant and pleasurable surprise to read Captain Neal Parker's story. I would indeed recommend it. It is Fiction, but, more important, it is certainly fun. —Stanton Friedman, Nuclear Physicist $14.95
The first Captain Annabel was published in 2004 as a fully illustrated children's book (see below). With that tale's success and my own curiosity as to what happened next to our heroine, it became necessary to bring the character back. For one thing, I discovered Annabel was born January 30, 1907. Considering that at the time women didn't have the right to vote, a girl becoming a captain, though not unheard of, was not an easy task. Contained in this volume is a fuller account of Annabel's rise to command of her own tugboat and her subsequent adventures... and stay tuned for the next volume Captain Annabel Flying Colours. $14.95
This is the misadventure of an Irish fisherman who refuses to be outdone... Touching, humorous and insightful. A must read for any sailor or landsperson! The Fisherman of Kinsale is great literature that you will want to read again and again. $12.95
Captain Annabel is the heartfelt saga of a small girl born in 1907 who, encouraged by her father, takes to the sea. Through her own diligence and efforts Annabel makes her way up through the ranks of schooners, ferries and tankers. Despite the hardships, Annabel rises to become master of her own tugboat. This is a story of integrity, courage and self-reliance... making Annabel a great role model for readers young and old.
This is the endearing, fascinating tale of how a young man encountered a lovely schooner laid up in a City Island New York shed, rediscovered her more than a decade later on a mud bank in Connecticut and devoted the next five years of his life to saving her. This is a marvelous story. —Bangor Daily News Parker knows how to spin a yarn and he does so when he writes about the Wendameen's colorful history. —Offshore Magazine
Charles Gerard Davis was one of the worlds leading model builders. During the first half of the last century he was also acclaimed as a naval architect, artist, historian and author. His model ships are not readily found outside museums. His writings on the maritime history and the romantic days of seafaring are countless. His previously published works tended to be technical in nature, revealing little about the man other than his love for old sailing vessels. This deeply personal story is from Charles G. Davis private journals. He shipped out in 1892 as a naive twenty-two year old and swore by the end of the ten-month voyage he would never go to sea again. Davis exposes the privations endured during this country's last attempt to make deep-water sail commercially viable. The illustrations in "Around Cape Horn" are by Charles G. Davis. Captain Parker discovered the unread handwritten manuscript after restoring a model for Davis's grandson.
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NEW!
NEW!
THE BUTCHER'S PIG
THE LOBSTERMAN
THE ADVENTURES OF
THE FISHERMAN OF KINSALE
THE ORIGINAL!
WENDAMEEN, LIFE OF
AROUND CAPE HORN