Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. 1. The Great Ocean Race. 2. The World of 1905. 3. Land Fading in the West. 4. Death Race. 5. Third Day at Sea. 6. Sore Hearts and Heads. 7. Fourth Day at Sea. 8. Another Kind of Race. 9. The Man Nobody Liked. 10. Fifth Day at Sea. 11. Spoiled Sports. 12. Clubs and Kings. 13. Sixth Day at Sea. 14. Contests of Will. 15. The Germans. 16. The British. 17. Crown Princes of Capitalism. 18. Hired Guns. 19. Greatest of All Yacht Captains. 20. Too Many Cooks. 21. A World in Waiting. 22. Starting Gun. 23. In for a Fight. 24. "You Hired Me to Win". 25. "Are We First?" 26. The Empty Cup. 27. End of an Age. Appendix I: Entries: 1905 Kaiser's Cup Transatlantic Race. Appendix II: Summary: 1905 Kaiser's Cup Transatlantic Race. Appendix III: Winning Finishes: Transatlantic Races 1866--1905. Notes and Sources. Credits. Index.

About the Author

SCOTT COOKMAN, a nonfiction writer, is the author of Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition (Wiley). He is a regular contributor to Field & Stream. Cookman's historical features have appeared in Army, Atlanta magazine, Boundary Waters Journal, and Civil War Times. Cookman's interactive Man & Mission videos, which chronicle America's Mercury 7 astronauts, are a primary attraction at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (Cape Canaveral, Florida). He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews

"Mr. Cookman has turned an extraordinary story into a rollicking good read... This is a book that will appeal to land--lubbers and sailors alike..." (Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2002)