A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee", by Russell Doubleday, et al

About this eBook

Author

Doubleday, Russell, 1872-1949

Title

A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun (Russell Doubleday): The Yarn of the Cruise and Fights of the Naval Reserves in the Spanish-American War

Credits

E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant, Gregory Smith, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13826

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13826

Release Date

October 21, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE" — BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL — A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE" — ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. 2.A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE"
3. 3.AUTHOR'S FOREWORD. — 1898 April 1917
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE."
8. 8.PREFACE.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. — IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" GOES INTO COMMISSION.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. — IN WHICH WE GET UNDER WAY AT LAST.
11. 11.CHAPTER III. — IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" CRUISES FOR PRIZES.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — WE GET ORDERS TO GO SOUTH.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. — WE BECOME COAL HEAVERS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. — WE ENTER THE "THEATRE OF WAR."
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. — WE JOIN SAMPSON'S FLEET.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. — CLEAR SHIP FOR ACTION.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. — WE BOMBARD SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. — A PERILOUS MOMENT.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. — IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. — A NARROW ESCAPE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. — WE ENGAGE IN A SEA FIGHT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. — COALING IN THE TROPICS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. — "REMEMBER THE FISH."
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. — IN GOD'S COUNTRY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE "YANKEE" ARRIVES OFF SANTIAGO
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. — HOPE DEFERRED.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. — TAPS.
29. 29.APPENDIX. — THE NAVAL MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES. — UNITED STATES NAVAL CODE FOR VISUAL SIGNALLING. — NIGHT SIGNALLING. — NAVY CODE FLAGS. — RATING MARKS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. — THE COMMISSIONED CORPS. — PETTY OFFICERS' RATING MARKS. — TAKING SOUNDINGS. — HEAVING THE LEAD. — THE BOATSWAIN'S CALLS. — STATIONS OR QUARTERS FOR EXERCISE, OR PRECEDING ACTION, OF FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING RIFLES.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.