Kenneth Roberts

Arundel (1995)

A couple years ago while we were up visiting our friends in Maine, we ventured into a used bookstore. I don't recall what I bought, but my friend found a copy of a book and purchased it. As we left the shop, he handed the book to me and said that he thought that I would really enjoy it. I do reca...

Captain Caution (1982)

Boon Island: Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the *Nottingham Galley* (1995)

The #10 bestseller of 1956 is what I call "dick lit." Extreme adventure with not one female character until the last few pages. Essentially it is a ship wreck story and is meant to show the benefits of strong leadership in times of peril and stress.Kenneth Roberts had two top bestsellers in the 1...