- 1Epigraph
- 2Preface
- 3Chapter I — The Child Calbraith
- 4Chapter II — Boyhood’s Environment
- 5Chapter III — A Midshipman’s Training Under Commodore Rodgers
- 6Chapter IV — Men, Ships and Guns in 1812
- 7Chapter V — Service in the War of 1812
- 8Chapter VI — First Voyage to the Dark Continent
- 9Chapter VII — Perry Locates the Site of Monrovia
- 10Chapter VIII — Fighting Pirates in the Spanish Main
- 11Chapter IX — The American Line-of-Battle Ship
- 12Chapter X — The Concord in the Seas of Russia and Egypt
- 13Chapter XI — A Diplomatic Voyage in the Frigate Brandywine
- 14Chapter XII — The Founder of the Brooklyn Naval Lyceum
- 15Chapter XIII — The Father of the American Steam Navy
- 16Chapter XIV — Perry Discovers the Ram
- 17Chapter XV — Lighthouse Illumination, Lenses or Reflectors?
- 18Chapter XVI — Revolutions in Naval Architecture
- 19Chapter XVII — The School of Gun Practice at Sandy Hook
- 20Chapter XVIII — The Twin Steamers Missouri and Mississippi
- 21Chapter XIX — The Broad Pennant in Africa
- 22Chapter XX — Perry as a Missionary and Civilizer
- 23Chapter XXI — The Mexican War
- 24Chapter XXII — “Commodore Perry Commands the Squadron”
- 25Chapter XXIII — The Naval Battery Breaches the Walls of Vera Cruz
- 26Chapter XXIV — The Naval Brigade. Capture of Tabasco
- 27Chapter XXV — Fighting the Yellow Fever. Peace
- 28Chapter XXVI — Results of the War. Gold and the Pacific Coast
- 29Chapter XXVII — American Attempts to Open Trade With Japan
- 30Chapter XXVIII — Origin of the American Expedition to Japan
- 31Chapter XXIX — Preparations for Japan. An International Episode
- 32Chapter XXX — The Fire-Vessels of the Western Barbarians
- 33Chapter XXXI — Panic in Yedo. Reception of the President’s Letter
- 34Chapter XXXII — Japanese Preparations for Treaty-Making
- 35Chapter XXXIII — The Professor and the Sailor Make a Treaty
- 36Chapter XXXIV — Last Labors
- 37Chapter XXXV — Matthew Perry as a Man
- 38Chapter XXXVI — Works That Follow
Matthew Calbraith Perry
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