John Lyman Book Prize

The John Lyman Book Prize is given annually to books in Maritime and Naval History by the North American Society for Oceanic History. Below are the books that have podcasts available. You can learn by about the award and N.A.S.O.H. by clicking HERE.

Book cover of The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War by Nicholas Lambert

The War Lords and The Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War

Nicholas Lambert


Book cover of Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding by Hannah Farber

Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding

Hannah Farber


Book cover of Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy by Benjamin Armstrong

Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy

Benjamin Armstrong


Book cover of Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917–1941 by Ryan Wadle

Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917 – 1941

Ryan Wadle


Book cover of Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of "Moby-Dick" by Richard J. King

Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of “Moby Dick”

Richard J. King


Book cover of Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time by Michael Palin

Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time

Michael Palin


Progressive in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of the U.S. Naval Identity, 1873 – 1898

Scott Mobley


Book cover of To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire by Jason W. Smith

To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire

Jason W. Smith


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