From Sail To Steam, Recollections Of Naval Life
by A. T. Mahan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914
- Title
- From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
- Credits
- Produced by Bryan Ness, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- VA: Naval science: Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
- Subject
- United States. Navy -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 25122
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25122
- Release Date
- April 22, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FROM SAIL TO STEAM
- 2.CAPT. A. T. MAHAN — U.S.N. (RETIRED) — HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS — NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMVII
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.INTRODUCING MYSELF — FROM SAIL TO STEAM
- 6.RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL LIFE
- 7.I — NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION — THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN
- 8.II — NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION — THE VESSELS
- 9.III — THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS RELATION TO THE NAVY AT LARGE — 1850–1860
- 10.IV — THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS INTERIOR WORKINGS — PRACTICE CRUISES — 1855–60
- 11.V — MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION—NAUTICAL CHARACTERS — 1859–1861
- 12.VI — MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION—NAUTICAL SCENES AND SCENERY—THE APPROACH OF DISUNION — 1859–1861
- 13.VII — INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE — 1861–1862
- 14.VIII — INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE—CONTINUED — 1863–1865
- 15.IX — A ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO CHINA — 1867
- 16.X — CHINA AND JAPAN — 1867–1869
- 17.XI — THE TURNING OF A LONG LANE—HISTORICAL, NAVAL, AND PERSONAL — 1870
- 18.XII — EXPERIENCES OF AUTHORSHIP — THE END
- 19.FOOTNOTES:
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