Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter OneThe Trackless Seas Chapter TwoThe Lure of the Sea Chapter Three The Education of a Sailor Chapter Four A Thirst for Knowledge Unheeded Chapter Five Setting the Navy Straight Chapter SixTracking the Winds and Currents Chapter Seven Sailors and Whalers Chapter Eight The California Clippers Chapter Nine Disasters and Discoveries Chapter TenOrganizing the Nations Chapter Eleven The "Indefatigable Investigator" Chapter Twelve Maury's Charts Go to War Chapter Thirteen Loaves and Fishes Notes Index

About the Author

Chester G. Hearn, retired vice president of a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, is an avid amateur historian and the author of eleven books about U.S. military history between the American Revolution and the Civil War, mostly for university presses.

HOMETOWN: Erie, PA