CONTENTS

Foreword

List of Maps and Diagrams

Chapter One: OUT OF IRELAND

Chapter Two: STORMS

Chapter Three: THE LEXINGTON

Chapter Four: BATTLE

Chapter Five: INDEPENDENCE

Chapter Six: LOW TIDE

Chapter Seven: VINDICATION

Chapter Eight: THE RALEIGH

Chapter Nine: PRIVATEER AND JUDGE

Chapter Ten: MUTINY

Chapter Eleven: ATALANTA AND TREPASSEY

Chapter Twelve: REFITTING

Chapter Thirteen: SHOALS

Chapter Fourteen: THE ALLIANCE

Chapter Fifteen: IN IRONS

Chapter Sixteen: THE ASIA

Chapter Seventeen: THE CHINA TRADE

Chapter Eighteen: FIRST AMONG CAPTAINS

Chapter Nineteen: THE UNITED STATES

Chapter Twenty: QUASI-WAR

Chapter Twenty-One: CROSSING THE BAR

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments