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The Story of the American Merchant Marine

by John R. Spears

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  1. 1Chapter I — In the Beginning
  2. 2Chapter II — Early Growth
  3. 3Chapter III — Evolution of the Smuggler and the Pirate
  4. 4Chapter IV — Before the War of the Revolution
  5. 5Chapter V — Merchantmen in Battle Array
  6. 6Chapter VI — Early Enterprise of the United States Merchant Marine
  7. 7Chapter VII — French and Other Spoliations
  8. 8Chapter VIII — The British Aggressions
  9. 9Chapter IX — The Beginnings of Steam Navigation
  10. 10Chapter X — Privateers, Pirates, and Slavers of the Nineteenth Century
  11. 11Chapter XI — The Harvest of the Sea Before the Civil War
  12. 12Chapter XII — The Packet Lines and the Clippers
  13. 13Part I
  14. 14Part II
  15. 15Chapter XV — The Critical Period
  16. 16Chapter XVI — During a Half Century of Depression

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