Stephen Decatur: American Naval Hero,1779-1820 Book

Prologue: "The navy has lost its mainmast"     1
"To raise his voice to defend the right"     9
"You knew the French Republic were at war"     17
"Those Yankees will never stand the smell of powder"     28
"If it had not been for the Capture of the Philadelphia"     39
"The great smoke cloud spreads its wings"     47
"I find hand to hand is not child's play"     55
"The character of a great and rising nation"     66
"I neglected the opportunities of improvement"     75
"Give us a man to lead us to glory"     84
"I cannot suffer men to be taken from me by force"     93
"No ship has better men than she now has"     104
"Aim at the yellow streak"     110
"The trophies won by the Athenians"     121
"A caged eagle"     129
"To die well"     138
"Every sword should be prepared"     145
"Let us go down like men"     152
"Emerging from the cloud"     160
"Without the assistance of Bainbridge"     169
"Honor to the Name of Commodore Decatur"     177
"You will have to pass over my dead body"     186
"A duty I owe to the service"     200
"I never was your enemy,sir"     212
Afterword     216
Notes     223
Acknowledgments     245
Index     347