In this illustrated book, with a Foreword by Fernando Sáez Garcia, Carol A. Olsen provides historical information about ship figureheads collected by Nobel-Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda for his home in Chile. Acquisition information about these wood carvings, their influence on Neruda's writing, and the physical, artistic, and conservation details of each figure is documented.. Published September 2025 by University of Alabama Press, this book is available as hard or soft cover and as an e-book through major booksellers.