From Sail to Steam

From Sail to Steam
Author: Alfred Thayer Mahan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1907
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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From Sail to Steam

From Sail to Steam
Author: Alfred Thayer Mahan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2015-02-18
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ISBN: 9781298224835

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From Sail to Steam

From Sail to Steam
Author: A. T. Mahan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2016-02-14
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ISBN: 9781530041596

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From Sail to Steam is a naval biography of Captain A. T. Mahan and his recollections of naval life.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
Author: A. T. Mahan
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN:

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From Sail to Steam

From Sail to Steam
Author: Alfred Thayer Mahan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1906
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From Sail to Steam; Recollections of Naval Life - Scholar's Choice Edition

From Sail to Steam; Recollections of Naval Life - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: A T (Alfred Thayer) 1840-1914 Mahan
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-02-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781296036157

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

From Sail to Steam

From Sail to Steam
Author: Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-03-31
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Book Excerpt: ...otives, in great part, led to my being sent to a boarding-school in Maryland, near Hagerstown, which drew its pupils very largely, though not exclusively, from the South. The environment would be upon the whole Southern. I remained there, however, only two years, my father becoming dissatisfied with my progress in mathematics. In 1854, therefore, I matriculated as a freshman at Columbia College in the city of New York, where I remained till I went to the Naval Academy.My entrance into the navy was greatly against my father's wish. I do not remember all his arguments, but he told me he thought me much less fit for a military than for a civil profession, having watched me carefully. I think myself now that he was right; for, though I have no cause to complain of unsuccess, I believe I should have done better elsewhere. While thus more than dissenting from my choice, he held that a child should not be peremptorily thwarted in his scheme of life. Consequently, while he would not actively help me in the do..