INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF A STRANGE CAREER

CHAPTER I MY FIRST VOYAGE

CHAPTER II WHALING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

CHAPTER III A SAILOR ASHORE

CHAPTER IV I TAKE TO THE SEA AGAIN

CHAPTER V ON THE BRIG GRENFALLS

CHAPTER VI THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

CHAPTER VII IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE

CHAPTER VIII THE CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS

CHAPTER IX THE ESCAPE

CHAPTER X THE SPORT OF THE WAVES

CHAPTER XI A GLIMPSE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

CHAPTER XII IN AMERICAN WATERS

CHAPTER XIII MY THIRD VOYAGE

CHAPTER XIV PRETTY JENNIE BELL

CHAPTER XV GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND

CHAPTER XVI WHAT MONEY CAN DO

CHAPTER XVII THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS

CHAPTER XVIII ACTING ENSIGN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY

CHAPTER XIX AFTER BLOCKADE-RUNNERS

CHAPTER XX A PRISONER OF WAR

CHAPTER XXI IN THE PRISON

CHAPTER XXII PRISON LIFE AND PRISON FARE

CHAPTER XXIII DISAPPOINTMENT AND MORE WAITING

CHAPTER XXIV A CRACKER BEAUTY

CHAPTER XXV LIBBY PRISON

CHAPTER XXVI A FREE MAN AGAIN

CHAPTER XXVII FORT FISHER

CHAPTER XXVIII THE ISLAND OF HAITI

CHAPTER XXIX I LEAVE THE SEA AND GO WEST

BOOKS BY FRANK T. BULLEN.

BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY.

By EDGAR STANTON MACLAY, A. M.

MR. STOCKTON'S LAST NOVEL.

A PICTURESQUE BOOK OF THE SEA.

THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES.

THE STORY OF
A STRANGE CAREER


BEING
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EDITED BY
STANLEY WATERLOO

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1902

Copyright, 1902
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published August, 1902