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| Brig, head on | Titlepage |
| "The cutlass breaks at the hilt." | Frontispiece |
| "Bold and hardy men who had followed the sea since they |
| were boys." | 16 |
| "He sent Colonel Glover and Mr. Palfrey in hot haste to |
| raise the minute-men." | 21 |
| Nicholas Biddle. | 30 |
| He touched at a small town in Ireland for supplies. | 40 |
| The "Drake" surrenders to the "Ranger." | 47 |
| "The sloop was swallowed up in the seething waters." | 73 |
| Heaving the lead on board the frigate. | 81 |
| "Everywhere the ship-yards were busy." | 91 |
| David Porter. | 95 |
| "It was twilight before he came up with her." | 99 |
| Thomas Truxtun,—from medal voted by Congress. | 102 |
| "Crowding on the rail with their scimitars." | 109 |
| Commodore Edward Preble. | 114 |
| "He cut away the anchors, ... but still the ship hung fast." | 117 |
| "The lights could be seen glittering in the houses." | 127 |
| "The 'Philadelphia' lights them on their way." | 131 |
| Stephen Decatur. | 135 |
| "Among these was one sixty-four, the 'Africa.'" | 161 |
| "A squall of wind and rain passed over us." | 167 |
| Captain Isaac Hull. | 171 |
| "She lay a helpless wreck in the trough of the sea." | 173 |
| "Jack Lang, a brave American blue-jacket, leaped first." | 179 |
| "The ships were steering to the eastward on parallel courses." | 189 |
| James Lawrence. | 197 |
| "Along the shore, upon every hill-top and headland, people |
| had gathered." | 203 |
| "When the 'Essex' arrived off the island she lay to." | 213 |
| Approaching the Galapagos Islands. | 222 |
| "'We surrender,' and down came the flag." | 225 |
| "Mostly carronades." | 239 |
| "A squall struck her and carried away her main-topmast." | 241 |
| Oliver Hazard Perry. | 247 |
| "A single gun boomed from Barclay's ship." | 255 |
| "Calling away his boat, he rowed under the enemy's fire." | 259 |
| "The 'Pelican' was guided to her by the smoke of the burning |
| merchantmen." |
THE BOYS OF 1812,
AND
OTHER NAVAL HEROES.
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