Table of Contents
I Of Fighting Blood 1
II The Log Cabin by the River 7
III The Voyage on the Flatboat 12
IV Breaking Up the Home 16
V A Midshipman at the Age of Nine 22
VI Farragut Joins the Essex 25
VII Peace Time Cruising in the Essex 33
VIII Farragut's First Sea Fight 40
IX Delaware Bay to Valparaiso 49
X Valparaiso and Galapagos Islands 65
XI At Nukuhiva in the Marquesas 81
XII The Loss of the Essex 91
XIII An Interlude 107
XIV Cruising in the Mediterranean 114
XV Cruising in the Gulf of Mexico 140
XVI Hunting Pirates in the Caribbean 152
XVII Marriage, Promotion, and the Brandywine 169
XVIII On the Brazil Station 182
XIX An Ebb Tide in His Life 202
XX On the West India Station 207
XXI Home and Trouble 217
XXII On the Brazil Station Again 222
XXIII Shore Duty and Second Marriage 237
XXIV In the Mexican War 242
XXV An Ordnance Expert 251
XXVI Establishes Mare Island Navy Yard 256
XXVII Commands the Steam Sloop-of-War Brooklyn 267
XXVIII Waiting Orders 286
Sources and Bibliography 297
Notes 304
Index 361