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Quarterdeck and bridge : two centuries of American naval leaders / edited by James C. Bradford.

p.     cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-6125-1262-4

1. United States. Navy—Biography. 2. United States—History, Naval. I. Bradford, James C.
E182.Q37 1996
359′.0092′273—dc20
[B]                                                              96-43106

William M. Fowler, Jr., “Esek Hopkins”; James C. Bradford, “John Paul Jones”; John H. Schroeder, “Stephen Decatur”; John K. Mahon, “Oliver Hazard Perry”; and Harold D. Langley, “Robert F. Stockton,” appeared in slightly different forms in James C. Bradford, ed., Command under Sail: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1775–1850 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, © 1985).

John H. Schroeder, “Matthew Calbraith Perry”; William N. Still, Jr., “David Glasgow Farragut”; Warren F. Spencer, “Raphael Semmes”; and Tamara Moser Melia Smith, “David Dixon Porter,” appeared in slightly different forms in James C. Bradford, ed., Captains of the Old Steam Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1840–1880 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, © 1986).

John B. Hattendorf, “Stephen B. Luce”; Vernon L. Williams, “George Dewey”; David F. Trask, “William Sowden Sims”; and Clark G. Reynolds, “William A. Moffett,” appeared in slightly different forms in James C. Bradford, ed., Admirals of the New Steel Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880–1930 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, © 1990), as did a much longer version of Robert Seager II, “Alfred Thayer Mahan.”

Lloyd J. Graybar, “Ernest J. King”; John B. Lundstrom, “Chester W. Nimitz”; John F. Wukovits, “William F. Halsey”; David Alan Rosenberg, “Arleigh Burke”; Francis Duncan, “Hyman G. Rickover”; and Thomas J. Cutler, “Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.,” were written especially for this volume.