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The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors,
by Ralph Delahaye Paine
Published: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919
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THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE
A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS
BY
RALPH DELAHAYE PAINE
New Haven
Yale University Press
1919
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I. COLONIAL ADVENTURERS IN LITTLE SHIPS.
CHAPTER II. THE PRIVATEERS OF '76.
CHAPTER III. OUT CUTLASES AND BOARD.
CHAPTER IV. THE FAMOUS DAYS OF SALEM PORT.
CHAPTER V. YANKEE VIKINGS AND NEW TRADE ROUTES.
CHAPTER VI. "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS".
CHAPTER VII. THE BRILLIANT ERA OF 1812.
CHAPTER VIII. THE PACKET SHIPS OF THE "ROARING FORTIES".
CHAPTER IX. THE STATELY CLIPPER AND HER GLORY.
CHAPTER X. BOUND COASTWISE.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.
The Old Merchant Marine - End of Introduction
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