The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors
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Chapters (15)
- THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE,
- A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS
- THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE
- THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE
- CHAPTER I. COLONIAL ADVENTURERS IN LITTLE SHIPS
- CHAPTER II. THE PRIVATEERS OF '76
- CHAPTER III. OUT CUTLASES AND BOARD
- CHAPTER IV. THE FAMOUS DAYS OF SALEM PORT
- CHAPTER V. YANKEE VIKINGS AND NEW TRADE ROUTES
- CHAPTER VI. "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS"
- CHAPTER VII. THE BRILLIANT ERA OF 1812
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PACKET SHIPS OF THE "ROARING FORTIES"
- CHAPTER IX. THE STATELY CLIPPER AND HER GLORY
- CHAPTER X. BOUND COASTWISE
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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