Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861 - 1920), a U.S. Naval Academy graduate (1883), was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. He was also ordained by the Protestant Episcopal Church and was chaplain of the First Pennsylvania Volunteers at the time of the Spanish-American War. He is best known by his historical novels (many of which are not nautically based).
His books are mainly out of print and information on them is hard to come by. Some are based in the early period of steam and some are part romantic novels. Some novels are marked as being in the 'Boys of the Service Series' which is sometimes classed as children's literature. Many of his novels are not copyright in many countries and some are available as free eBooks
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Boys of the Service | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| In the War with Mexico | A Midshipman's Adventures on Ship and Shore | |
| In the Wasp's Nest | The story of a sea waif in the war of 1812 | |
| A Midshipman in the Pacific | His adventures on whaler, trader and frigate | |
| On the Old Kearsarge | A story of the civil war | |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1754 | The Quiberon Touch | A romance of the days when "The Great Lord Hawke" was king of the sea |
| 1865 | Woven With the Ship | A Novel of 1865, Together with Certain Other Veracious Tales of Various Sorts |
| The Two Captains | A romance of Bonaparte and Nelson | |
| For Love of Country | A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution | |
| For the Freedom of the Sea | A Romance of the War of 1812 | |
| The Blue Ocean's Daughter | About an amazonian sort of young woman who was born onboard her father's ship | |
| The Grip of Honor | A Story of Paul Jones and the American Revolution | |
| Under Tops'ls and Tents | Based on the authors experiences in the Navy and Army | |
| Reuben James: A Hero of the Forecastle | A sailor takes a blow intended for Stephen Decatur | |
AOS Pirate Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer | A Romance of the Spanish Main | |
AOS Other Nautical Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| Waif-o-the-Sea | The adventures of the crew of a whaling ship | |
| A Book of Sea Stories | A collection of short stories about the sea | |
Non-Fiction
AOS Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| Commodore Paul Jones | A biography of John Paul Jones | |
| Stephen Decatur | A biography of Stephen Decatur | |