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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: The War of 1812
Maps
Prologue
1 President Madison’s War Plan
2 The Making of a Sea Warrior
3 Disaster in Tripoli
4 Primed for Battle
5 The Essex: Past and Present
6 First Rendezvous: Porto Praia
7 In the South Atlantic, Dreaming of the Pacific
8 Doubling Cape Horn
9 Navigating Chile’s Political Waters
10 A Packed Week at Valparaiso
11 Peru and the Elusive Nimrod
12 Fortune Smiles in the Galapagos Islands
13 Unparalleled Success
14 The Hunt for the Essex
15 The Marquesas Islands: “In Vales of Eden”
16 Nuku Hiva
17 Annexation and War
18 Mutiny
19 Showdown in Valparaiso
20 The Butcher’s Bill
21 The Heroes Come Home
22 Lieutenant Gamble at Nuku Hiva
Epilogue: Four Lives After the War
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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