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Captain Neal Parker
Captain Neal Evan Parker was born in Brooklyn New York in 1956. While sailing the waters of New England as a teenager Neal became devoted to traditional sailing craft. By the age of 20 he was a licensed captain. Since then Parker has skippered over a dozen schooners and traditional craft. In 1986 Captain Parker purchased and restored the 67-foot schooner Wendameen. Dedicating four years to her restoration, he placed the schooner into the Maine windjammer business. In April 2005 after a run of almost 20 years Capt. Neal Parker sold his beloved vessel. With several books published and more on the way he is now devoting his time to professional ship model work, writing and being a full time father.
Other books by Captain Neal Parker:
Wendameen, Life of an American Schooner....
Around Cape Horn – Edited from the 1892 journals of Charles Davis....
Captain Annabel – A children’s story about a young girl who grows up to become master of her own tugboat.
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Strange Perils Book 1 "The Blue Lobster"
“Don’t dare move, young fool. If you do fifty-thousand volts of raw energy will cook you ’til you look like nothing more than a burnt English muffin…”
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Fourteen-year-old Ruth Waterman summers on her family’s island in Maine. A bright and spirited girl, she is oft neglected by her wealthy globetrotting parents.
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In a small town, further up the coast, ten-year-old Hawkins has run away to escape the beatings of his drunken father. Finding his way to Waterman’s Island he makes a home aboard a wrecked fishing boat. When Ruth discovers the trespassing boy she tries to bully him off her island.
Though from very different backgrounds the two develop a friendship during a challenge that Ruth presents so that Hawkins might prove himself worthy to claim the derelict boat for his own. The boy’s trial takes the adventurers to the laboratory of Professor Bean and some very peculiar dangers. ***
Stay tuned for Book #2 in
The Strange Perils of Ruth and Hawkins
"The Monkey’s Skull"
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The Lobsterman and The U.F.O.
This funny, odd, quirky little fable reads like a collaboration between Robert McCloskey and Robert Heinlein. Think you know all about
crusty Maine lobstermen and "people from away"? Think again chummy!"
Review by,
Tim Sample, Maine Humorist
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THE BUTCHER'S PIG
From his humble beginnings in the English countryside and with the sure sentence of death upon him, Horatio Mudd escapes to America. There he begins life anew and discovers unimaginable hardships and a society unable to accept his porcine heritage.**********
A story so gripping you’ll never view humans the same again… and an example of one hog’s triumph over adversity! -- The Saturday Evening Pig******
This story breaks the dreadful stereotype cast by George Orwell’s work of fiction Animal Farm. Long live Horatio Mudd!! -- Playpig Magazine******
We’re not sure this is kosher…--American Rabbinical Review*****
Author Neal Parker treats his subject with a sensitivity unequaled. The reader might well believe he himself is swine.--WPIG-TV******
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The Adventures Of Captain Annabel
Captain Annabel is the heartfelt saga of a small girl in born 1907 who encouraged by her father takes to the sea.
Through her own diligence and efforts Annabel makes her way up through the ranks of schooners, ferries and tankers. Despite the hardships, Annabel rises to become master of her own tugboat.
This is a story of integrity, courage and self-reliance… making Annabel a great role model for readers young and old.
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The Fisherman of Kinsale
This is the misadventure of an Irish fisherman who refuses to be outdone... Touching, humorous and insightful. A must read for any sailor or landsperson!
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