The Story of the American Merchant Marine

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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

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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THE STORY
OF THE
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

BY
JOHN R. SPEARS
AUTHOR OF "STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND
WHALERS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1910
All rights reserved

Copyright, 1910,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.


Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1910.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.


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