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FROM SAIL TO STEAM
RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL LIFE
BY
CAPT. A. T. MAHAN
U.S.N. (RETIRED)
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMVII
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCING MYSELF
FROM SAIL TO STEAM
RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL LIFE
I
NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION
THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN
II
NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION
THE VESSELS
III
THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS RELATION TO THE NAVY AT LARGE
1850–1860
IV
THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS INTERIOR WORKINGS
PRACTICE CRUISES
1855–60
V
MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION—NAUTICAL CHARACTERS
1859–1861
VI
MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION—NAUTICAL SCENES AND SCENERY—THE APPROACH OF DISUNION
1859–1861
VII
INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE
1861–1862
VIII
INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE—CONTINUED
1863–1865
IX
A ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO CHINA
1867
X
CHINA AND JAPAN
1867–1869
XI
THE TURNING OF A LONG LANE—HISTORICAL, NAVAL, AND PERSONAL
1870
XII
EXPERIENCES OF AUTHORSHIP
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
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