Table of Contents

 

Illustrations

A Note on Terminology

 

Prologue

1 Early Years on Cape Cod

2 Adventures in the Far East

3 To Liverpool by Sail

4 The Advent of Steam

5 Aspiring Tycoon

6 King of the Clippers

7 Mysterious End

8 Forgotten Heroes

 

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index