From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life

by A. T. Mahan

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Introducing Myself
3. I. Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession the Officers and Seamen
4. II. Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession the Vessels
5. III. The Naval Academy in Its Relation to the Navy at Large 1850–1860
6. IV. The Naval Academy in Its Interior Workings Practice Cruises 1855–60
7. V. My First Cruise After Graduation—Nautical Characters 1859–1861
8. VI. My First Cruise After Graduation—Nautical Scenes and Scenery—The Approach of Disunion 1859–1861
9. VII. Incidents of War and Blockade Service 1861–1862
10. VIII. Incidents of War and Blockade Service—Continued 1863–1865
11. IX. A Roundabout Road to China
12. X. China and Japan 1867–1869
13. XI. The Turning of a Long Lane—Historical, Naval, and Personal
14. XII. Experiences of Authorship

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