Randall Peffer holds a 100-ton masters licence and has well over 100,000 miles at sea, mostly in traditional working vessels. He has been the captain of the 55' wooden research schooner Sarah Abbot for twenty-seven years.
He is the author of some crime/romantic suspense novels, non-fiction books as well as over 300 travel-lifestyle features for magazines like National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, Reader's Digest, Travel Holiday, Islands, Sail and Wooden Boat. His travel features appear in most of the US major metro dailies.
Randall Peffer teaches writing and literature at Phillips Academy, Andover and sails out of his homeports of Marion, Massachusetts and Great Guana Cay, Abaco. He is the author of a HNF series set during the American Civil War
| Series: The Seahawk Trilogy | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1861 | Southern Seahawk | The true story of Commander Raphael Semmes' rise to infamy |
| Seahawk Hunting | Semmes has the Brits build him a new ship in Liverpool | |
| Seahawk Burning | Semmes and C.S.S. Alabama on the final legs of their reign of terror on the high seas | |
Modern Era Naval Non Fiction |
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| Series: The Seahawk Trilogy | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Where Divers Dare | The Hunt for the Last U-Boat | |
The author’s official web site is randallpeffer.com
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