Reviews

Since 2000 I have written 44 book reviews for a range of journals (the Journal of Maritime Archaeology, the Journal of Transport History, Historical Archaeology, Choice, the International Journal of Maritime History, the Nautical Research Journal, and The Great Circle)

YearReviewed TitleJournal
2024 or 2025Ready to Dive: Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss, by Curt NewportInternational Journal of Maritime History, submitted
2023Out of the Depths: A History of Shipwrecks, by Alan G. JamiesonInternational Journal of Maritime History, 35(4; November): 691-693.
2023British Naval Trawlers and Drifters in Two World Wars from the John Lambert Collection, edited by Steve R. DunnNautical Research Journal, 68(1; Spring): 93-94.
2023From War to Peace: The Conversion of Naval Vessels after Two World Wars, by Nick RobinsNautical Research Journal, Vol. 68(2; Summer): online.
2021Robert J. Walker: The History and Archaeology of a U.S. Coast Survey Steamship by James P. Delgado and Stephen D. NagiewiczJournal of Maritime Archaeology, 16(1): 381-383.
2019Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes by Alicia Caporasa (ed.)Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 16(2):315-317.
2013Re-inventing the Ship: Science, Technology and the Maritime World, 1800-1918 by Don Leggett and Richard Dunn (eds.)Journal of Transport History, 34(2):223-225.
2012Shore-based Whalers of Western Australia: Historical Archaeology of a Maritime Frontier by Martin GibbsHistorical Archaeology, 46(2):176-177.
2012Ships from the depths: Deepwater archaeology by Fredrik SøreideChoice, 49 (January)
2011Maritime Maryland: A History by William S. DudleyChoice, 48 (June)
2011Archaeology and the sea in Scandinavia and Britain: A personal account by Ole Crumlin-PedersenChoice, 48 (March):1369
2010Khubilai Khan’s lost fleet: in search of a legendary armada by James P. DelgadoChoice, 47(February):1135
2010Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco’s Waterfront by James P. DelgadoChoice, 47(February):1142
2010California maritime archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective by L. Mark Raab, Jim Cassidy, Andrew Yatsko, and William J. HowardChoice, 47(May):1736
2009Titanic: The Ship Magnificent, Volumes 1 and 2 by Bruce Beveridge, Scott Andrew, Steve Hall and Daniel Klistornerin Choice, 46(11):2138.
2009The Man Who Stole the Cyprus byWarwick HirstInternational Journal of Maritime History, 21(1):407-408
2009The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking by Frederick H. SmithChoice,47(October):350
2009No Ordinary War: The Eventful Career of U-604 by Christian PragNautical Research Journal, 54(4): 254-256
2009Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco’s Waterfront by James P. DelgadoInternational Journal of Maritime History, 21(2):424-425
2009Archaeological Oceanography by Robert D. BallardChoice, 46(June):1980
2008Whalers and Free Men by Susan LawrenceHistorical Archaeology, 42(2):173-174
2008Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian Shipwrecks 1622-1850 by Graeme HendersonInternational Journal of Maritime History, 20(1):412-414
2008The way of the ship: America’s maritime history re-envisioned by Alex Roland, W. Jeffrey Bolster and Alexander KeyssarChoice, 46(1):180
2008Shipwrecks, sea raiders, and maritime disasters along the Delmarva coast, 1632-2004 by Donald G. ShometteChoice, 46(3):588-589
2007X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy by Russell K. Skowronek and Charles R. Ewen (eds.)Choice, 44(8): 1392
2007Historical archaeology: Why the past matters by Barbara J. LittleChoice, 45(4): 671
2007Brutality on Trial: Hellfire Pedersen, Fighting Hansen, and the Seaman’s Act of 1915 by E. Kay GibsonThe Great Circle, 29(2): 47-49.
2006The British Whaling Trade by Gordon JacksonThe Great Circle, 28(2): 60-61.
2006Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Roseby Peter MarsdenHistorical Archaeology, 40(2): 84-85.
2006Doing Archaeology: A Cultural Resource Management Perspective by Thomas KingChoice, 43(7):1267-1268.
2006Discovering the Great South Land by Byron HeathNautical Research Journal, 51(4):246
2006Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977 by Peter PlowmanInternational Journal of Maritime History, 18(2):526-527
2006Archaeologist’s Toolkit, by Larry J. Zimmerman and William Green (eds.)Historical Archaeology, 40(2): 97-99
2005The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands by Roger C. SmithThe Great Circle,27(1): 52-53
2005Submerged Cultural Resource Management: Preserving out Sunken Maritime Heritage by James D. Spirek and Della A. Scott-Ireton (eds.)Historical Archaeology39(2):147-148
2005End of Voyages: The Afterlife of a Ship by Michael StammersSea History, No. 110: 43-44
2004International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology by Carol V. Ruppe and Janet F. Barstad (eds.)The Great Circle26(2):66-69
2003Tidewater Time Capsule by Donald G. ShometteThe Great Circle, 25(1):49-50
2002Down East: A Maritime History of Maine by Lincoln P. PaineThe Great Circle, 24(1):57-58
2001Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake by Donald G. ShometteThe Great Circle, 23(2):58-59
2001Nautical Archaeology on the Foreshore by Gustav Milne, Damian Goodburn, and Colin McKewanThe Great Circle, 23(1): 57-59
2000The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam by Donna SouzaThe Great Circle, 22(2):71-72
2000HMS Sirius 1790: An Illustrated catalogue of artefacts recovered from the wreck site at Norfolk Island by Myra StanburyThe Great Circle, 22(1):51-52
2000Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and other Lost Tales of the Chesapeake by Donald G. ShometteThe Great Circle, 22(1):32-34