Pike & Cutlass

About this eBook

Author

Gibbs, George, 1870-1942

Title

Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Rosanna Murphy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History, Naval

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42138

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42138

Release Date

February 20, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PIKE & CUTLASS
2. 2.NOTE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE EFFRONTERY OF PAUL JONES
6. 6.A STRUGGLE TO THE DEATH
7. 7.THE TERRIER AND THE MASTIFF
8. 8.DECATUR AND THE “PHILADELPHIA”
9. 9.THE BIGGEST LITTLE FIGHT IN NAVAL HISTORY
10. 10.A DOUBLE ENCOUNTER
11. 11.THE “CONSTITUTION” AND THE “GUERRIERE”
12. 12.THE “WASP” AND THE “FROLIC”
13. 13.THE “CONSTITUTION” AND THE “JAVA”
14. 14.THE LAST OF THE “ESSEX”
15. 15.THE CAPTAIN OF THE MAINTOP
16. 16.CUSHING AND THE “ALBEMARLE”
17. 17.SOMERS AND THE “INTREPID”
18. 18.THE PASSING OF THE OLD NAVY — OLD SALTS AND NEW SAILORS — THE OLD SHIPS AND THE NEW
19. 19.FARRAGUT IN MOBILE BAY
20. 20.AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY
21. 21.OUR NATION’S NEW HEROES — DOES SCHOLARSHIP COUNT IN WAR? — TAYLOR AND EVANS AS SCHOOL-MATES — HOW CAPTAIN EVANS SAVED HIS LEG — SIGSBEE AS A PRACTICAL JOKER — THE BRAVE COMMANDER OF THE “WINSLOW” — THE MAN WHO NEVER KNEW FEAR — ONLY NAVAL OFFICER KILLED IN THE WAR — ROOSEVELT SAVED BAGLEY FOR THE NAVY — CLARK’S HEROISM AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY — POPULARITY OF CAPTAIN PHILIP AS A CADET — THE VERSATILITY OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON — BLUE, WHO DISCOVERED CERVERA’S FLEET — YOUNG DEWEY AS A FIGHTER — THE UNRECOGNIZED HEROES OF THE WAR — THE REAL BRAINS OF THE WAR — FILLING THE DUKE’S SHOES WITH MUCILAGE — SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY
22. 22.HEROES OF THE DEEP — WHEN THE SNOW MELTS — WAVING GODSPEED TO THE FISHER-FOLK — IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST CATCH — HANDLING THE TRAWLS — A LONELY NIGHT ON THE BROAD ATLANTIC — WHEN THE DAY’S WORK IS DONE — WHEN A STEAMER LOOMS UP IN THE FOG — THE COURAGE OF THE UNNAMED HEROES — FOR FIVE DAYS ADRIFT AND STARVING — WHERE THE COD ABOUND — WHEN THE SCHOONERS MOVE UP THE HARBOR

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