Alligators of the North (2010 book)
The story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tug
by Harry B. Barrett & Clarence F. Coons

This Christmas gift recommendation is the definitive book on Norfolk's most famous technology export. Finally this important chapter of Norfolk's history gets the quality treatment it so richly deserves.

Clarence Coons researched this story better than anyone else. Period. He also drafted a manuscript for sharing his findings before he passed away and it went unpublished.

Harry Barrett, arguably Norfolk's finest historical writer, the author of Legends & Lore of Long Point, They Had a Dream, Nature of Norfolk, and others, took it from there.

230 pages. Dozens of pictures. Coons' database of every Alligator tug built. Barrett's superb narrative skills. All under soft cover. $35. If you are looking for a Christmas gift for self or friend, it'll be hard to better this book.