CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I IN THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER II EARLY GROWTH
CHAPTER III EVOLUTION OF THE SMUGGLER AND THE PIRATE
CHAPTER IV BEFORE THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER V MERCHANTMEN IN BATTLE ARRAY
CHAPTER VI EARLY ENTERPRISE OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE
CHAPTER VII FRENCH AND OTHER SPOLIATIONS
CHAPTER VIII THE BRITISH AGGRESSIONS
CHAPTER IX THE BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION
CHAPTER X PRIVATEERS, PIRATES, AND SLAVERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XI THE HARVEST OF THE SEA BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XII THE PACKET LINES AND THE CLIPPERS
CHAPTER XIII DEEP-WATER STEAMSHIPS PART I
CHAPTER XIV DEEP-WATER STEAMSHIPS PART II
CHAPTER XV THE CRITICAL PERIOD
CHAPTER XVI DURING A HALF CENTURY OF DEPRESSION
Title: The Story of the American Merchant Marine
Author: John Randolph Spears
Language: English
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THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE
BY JOHN R. SPEARS AUTHOR OF "STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND WHALERS," ETC.
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