The Whittier Caboose Library
Books available to browse from the Whittier Caboose Library include all of the following items. If anyone has any books to add please contact the Flotilla Commander for further details about adding to the collection.
2. Prince William Sound - East, Chugach National Forest, Trails Illustrated National Geographic Maps
3. A Cruising Guide to Prince William Sound, 1998, Jim and Nancy Lethcoe
3a. A Cruising Guide to Prince William Sound, 5th edition. 2009, Jim and Nancy Lethcoe.
4. Alaska Atlas and Gazetteer, Delorme Mapping
5. Recreational Boaters Nautical Atlas for PWS by The Map Place
6. Guide to the Birds of Alaska (updated), 1995, by Robert H. Armstrong
7. Alaska’s Fish, A Guide to Selected Species, Robert Armstrong
8. How to Catch Trophy Halibut: Proven Tips, Techniques And Strategies of the Experts, 1996, Christopher Batin and Terry Rudnick
9. Guide to Marine Mammals of Alaska, UAF/Ak Sea Grant
10. Alaska’s Seashore Creatures, Conrad Field
11. Gold Panning, by Joseph Kurtak
12. Guide to the Glaciers of Prince William Sound, Nancy Lethcoe 13. Geology of Prince William Sound, Jim Lethcoe
14. Of Rock & Ice by Joseph Kurtak
15. Alaska’s Wild Berries, Verna Pratt
16. Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers, Verna Pratt
17. Alaska Trees and Shrubs, Viereck and Little
18. Killer Whales of Prince Wiliam Sound by Craig Matkin
19. Sea Otters , Roy Nickerson
20. Mac’s Field Guide to Northwest Coast Water Birds, The Mountaineers
21. Alaska Cloud & Weather Field Guide, Jim Green
22. Alaska’s Prince Wiliam Sound: A Traveler’s Guide, Marybeth Holleman
23. Coastal Resources and Areas of Public Concern: Prince William Sound, Alyeska Pipeline
24. Alaska’s Saltwater Fishes and other Sea Life, Doyne W. Kessler
25. Birds of North America, A Guide to Field Identification, C.S. Robbins, B. Bruun, H. S. Zim and A. Singer
26. The Weather and Climate of Prince William Sound, Jim Lethcoe
BOATING SAFETY AND GENERAL BOATING - Red Dot Series
31. The American Practical Navigator, Bowditch
32. United States Coast Pilot #9
33. Light List, Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands
34. Small Fishing Vessel Safety Manual, Canada Coast Guard
35. Water Wise, Jerry Dzugan and Susan Clark
36. Waterway Management - A Guide for Multiple Use; U.S. Coast Guard
38. An Introduction to Fishing Vessel Stability, Canada
39. Safe Boating Guide, Canadian Coast Guard
40. Beating the Odds on the North Pacific, ed. Susan Clark Jensen
41. A Best Practices Guide to Vessel Stability, U.S. Coast Guard
42. Boats of Alaska , Harry Walker
43. Beating the Odds on Northern Waters – A Guide to Fishing Safety, Susan Jensen and Jerry Dzugan
44. Chapman Piloting – Seamanship & Boat Handling, 63rd edition. Elbert S. Maloney
45. GPS Made Easy, 4th Edition, Lawrence Letham
46. The Right Boat for You, Bill Robinson
47. Rescues at Sea. Guide to Helicopter Rescues and Dewatering Pumps. (24 min DVD).
48. Seaworthy. Essential Lessons, from Boat US's 20-year Case File of Things Gone Wrong. By Robert A Adriance.
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND HISTORY - Blue Dot Series
52. Where the Sea Breaks its Back, Corey Ford
53. Gold Hunters in Alaska, Charles Margeson
54. Valdez Gold Rush Trails of 1898-99, Jim and Nancy Lethcoe
55.A History of Prince Willam Sound, Alaska, 1994, Jim and Nancy Lethcoe
56. The Copper Spike, Lone Jansen
57. The Strangest Town in Alaska, History of Whittier and Portage Valley, 2000, Alan Taylor
58. .The Myth of the “Pristine Environment”: Past Human Impacts in Prince William Sound and
the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Chris Wooley
59. I Wanted to be a Fur Farmer, Nelson J. McCrary
60. Eyak Legends of the Copper River Delta, Alaska, John F.C. Johnson
93. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, First Edition, 1916
94. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, Third Edition, 1931
95. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, Fourth Edition, 1938
96. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, Fifth Edition, 1947
97. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, Sixth Edition, 1954
98. U.S. Coast Pilot – Alaska, Seventh Edition, 1964
99. Icebound Empire, Industry and Politics on the Last Frontier, 1898-1938, Elizabeth A. Tower
100. Kennecott Kids, Interviews with the Children of Kennecott, Two Volumes, National Park Service, 2001.
101. The Ellamar District, Alaska, Bulletin 605, U.S. Geological Survey, 1915.
102. KATALLA TO PRUDHOE BAY, Petroleum News, Alaska
103. Looking Far North – The Harriman expedition to Alaska, 1899, William H. Goetzmann & Kay Sloan
104. ALASKA 1899, Essays from the Harriman Expedition, George B. Grinnell
106. A Journey through Prince William Sound, T. Hughes, L. Beck & L. Turner
107. On the Move – The Alaska Pipeline, Robert H. Redding
108. The Opening of a New Landscape, Columbia Glacier at Mid-retreat, W. Tad Pfeffer
61. Restoring Alaska, Legacy of an Oil Spill, Alaska Geographic;
62. Degrees of Disaster, Jeff Wheelwright
63. Cleaning up: The Story behind the Biggest Legal Bonanza, David Lebedoff 64. Tanker on the Rocks, Dick Reichman
65. Out of the Channel, John Keeble
66. Legacy of an Oil Spill - 10 Years After, Exxon Valdez, Abstracts,
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
67. Several Brochures and Pamphlets published by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council and by the U.S. Forest Service
68. Black Tides – The Alaska Oil Spill, Brian O’Donoghue
69. The Spill. Personal Stories from The Exxon Valdez Disaster. 2009 Sharon Bushell and Stan Jones
PWS AND ALASKAN PHOTO COLLECTIONS - Orange Dot Series
71. Paradise of the North - Alaska’s Prince William Sound, Photography by Alissa Crandall, Text by Gloria J. Maschmeyer & John Wedin
72. Prince William Sound, Alaska Geographic Society
73. 8.6 - The Great Alaskan Earthquake, Stan Cohen
74. Outhouses of Alaska, Harry M. Walker
75. Aurora Borealis - A photo Memory
76. Portrait of Alaska’s Wildlife, Tom Walker
77. One Man’s Gold Rush, Morgan and Hegg
78. Exploring Alaska’s Birds, Alaska Geographic
105. Where Mountains Meet the Sea, Alaska’s Gulf Coast, Alaska Geograph, Vol 13,
62. Degrees of Disaster, Jeff Wheelwright
73. 8.6 - The Great Alaskan Earthquake, Stan Cohen #1, 1986.
92, The Alaska Earthquake – Effects on Communities, USGS Professional Paper 542-C, three volumes.
108. The Opening of the New Landscape, Columbia Glacier at Mid -retreat. 2007. W. Tad Pfeffer
73. 8.6 - The Great Alaskan Earthquake, Stan Cohen
108. The Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964 – Regional Effects & Gravity Survey of Epicentral Region, USGS Professional Paper 543-C
109. The PWS, AK, Earthquake of 1964 and Aftershocks
81. Valiant Lancer of PWS, Athena Lethcoe
82. Arctic Environmental Atlas , Office of Naval Research
83. Weather for Dummies, John Cox
84. The Alaska Almanac, Fact about Alaska, 25th Edition, 2001, Alaska Northwest Books
85. The U.S. Coast Guard, Nancy Ferrell
86. Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians
87. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured , American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
88. Pilothouse Guide, Alaska Fisherman’s Journal, May, 2000
89. Royal National Lifeboat Institution Course in First Aid
90. Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon, Ed Ferrell
91. Habitats of Change – Alaskan Poems, Nancy Lethcoe
116. Flotsametrics and the Floating World. How one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science. 2009. Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano.
111. DO YOU KNOW? Nature Essays on PWS, Alaska, Cecil Lee Shumaker 112. Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment 2009 Report, Arctic Council
