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Title: From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life

Author: Captain A. T. Mahan

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Language: English

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FROM SAIL TO STEAM

RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL LIFE

BY

CAPT. A. T. MAHAN

U.S.N. (RETIRED)

AUTHOR OF
"THE INFLUENCE OF SEA-POWER UPON HISTORY" ETC.

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMVII

Copyright, 1906, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._
Published October, 1907.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

PREFACE v

INTRODUCING MYSELF ix

I. NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION--THE
OFFICERS AND SEAMEN 3

II. NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION--THE
VESSELS 25

III. THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS RELATION TO THE NAVY AT
LARGE 45

IV. THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS INTERIOR WORKINGS--PRACTICE
CRUISES 70

V. MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION--NAUTICAL CHARACTERS 103

VI. MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION--NAUTICAL SCENES
AND SCENERY--THE APPROACH OF DISUNION 127

VII. INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE 156

VIII. INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE--CONTINUED 179

IX. A ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO CHINA 196

X. CHINA AND JAPAN 229

XI. THE TURNING OF A LONG LANE--HISTORICAL, NAVAL, AND
PERSONAL