Captain Rick's Books
HERON ISLAND GUIDES
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 THE OHIO RIVER --In American History (i.e., History Only), HARD COVER, 224 pages.Published in 2008, “The Ohio River -In American History” also addresses the Allegheny, Monongahela, Kanawha, Muskingum, Kentucky, Green and Wabash Rivers. Three centuries of American History are woven into this book, including the French and Indian War, the American Revolution in the West, our country’s expansion into the Northwest Territories, Lewis and Clark on the Ohio River, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the Steamboat Era, the evolution of the current lock and dam system, the rise and decline of 19th & 20th Century river industries, and present day commercial towboat operations, as well as the colorful local histories of 200 river towns. This work also contains 23 river locality sketches and 86 photographs, and hundreds of phone numbers. Five appendices list more than 60 river festivals, connecting roads on both sides of the Ohio River, 59 locks and dams, as well as local universities and hospitals. |
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 THE OHIO RIVER --In American History and Voyaging on Today's River, (i.e., Boating and History) SOFT COVER, 320 pages.Published in 2007. “The Ohio River -In American History and Voyaging on Today's River” is SOLD OUT. It has been replaced by the two prior listed books. The first book listed here, and updated is 2010, is primarily for Boaters. The second book listed, and updated in 2008, is primarily for river history buffs. |
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 Cruising Guide to FLORIDA'S BIG BEND --including the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint & Suwannee Rivers Published in 2003, this book contains 27 full pages of black and white NOAA chart extracts, 11 coastal town maps, 11 river/lake sketches, three canal maze sketches and a wind rose sketch on the Gulf of Mexico. Ninety marinas and scores of restaurants and fueling sites are also addressed. This book provides hundreds of phone numbers and information on 160 boat launching ramps, along with providing 66 GPS waypoints. Three hundred miles of Gulf Coast and 500 miles of inland rivers are covered in this book. One hundred and fifty black & white photos are also incorporated. |
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Cruising Guide FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TO KENTUCKY LAKE -- The Heartland Rivers Route.
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 Discovering the Tidal POTOMAC, 2nd Edition Published in 2003, this book contains 35 black and white NOAA chart extracts, information on 91 marinas, including 5 shoreside locality & 38 popular dock sketches, 96 boat ramps, 46 GPS Waypoints & 88 black and white photographs. This book also addresses more than 60 restaurants, 180 phone numbers & 53 fueling sites. Two hundred (plus) miles of shoreline are woven with 400 years of history. |
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 Discovering the Tidal POTOMAC, 1st EditionAlthough this 1998 First Edition has been updated, it's the only edition containing 35 COLOR NOAA chart extracts, along with another half-dozen COLOR photographs. |
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 HONDURAS and its Bay Islands --A Mariner's Guide Published in 1998, this book retailing for $17.95 is SOLD OUT. We hope to be able to do the research for a later and even more comprehensive edition sometime in the future. |
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Contact Captain Rick Rhodes:
7047 Mt. DeLeon Rd. NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Toll Free: 888-459-5992
Mobile: 727-459-5992
Fax: 727-527-8287
Emails: rick@rickrhodes.com
or rkrhodes@hotmail.com
7047 Mt. DeLeon Rd. NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Toll Free: 888-459-5992
Mobile: 727-459-5992
Fax: 727-527-8287
Emails: rick@rickrhodes.com
or rkrhodes@hotmail.com
Waterway & History-Laden Regional Guidebooks
Captain Rick's Books
