Yarns of a Kentucky Admiral

Abstract

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I-IN OLD KENTUCKY -- CHAPTER II-EARLY DAYS IN THE NAVY -- CHAPTER III-SOME ROUGH WEATHER ON THE HIGH SEAS -- CHAPTER IV-A BIT OF NAUTICAL TALK -- CHAPTER V-STRANGE PHENOMENA OF THE SEA -- CHAPTER VI-A HAWAIIAN CORONATION AND A FEW FISH STORIES -- CHAPTER VII-SOME NAUTICAL FEATS OF THE HAWAIIANS AND OTHERS -- CHAPTER VIII-ANENT THE GAY SOUTH SEA ISLANDS -- CHAPTER IX-HUNTING AND SHOOTING IN ALASKA -- CHAPTER X-ALASKA, WHALES AND LIGHTHOUSES -- CHAPTER XI-GUNBOATING IN ASIATIC WATERS -- CHAPTER XII-THE CANAL ZONE -- CHAPTER XIII-WITH COMMODORE DEWEY IN 1898 -- CHAPTER XIV-IN THE MISTS OFF SCOTLAND 1917-18 -- CHAPTER XV-THE NAVY AS A NATIONAL ASSET AND NECESSITY.