Guardian of the Great Lakes: The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan Book

	Introduction	1
I	The Infancy of Iron	4
II	Performance, Perceptions, and the Tests of Iron	19
III	The Attack of the Lake Michigan Timber Pirates	40
IV	The Beaver/Mackinac War and the Assassination of King Strang	58
V	The Iron Diplomat and the Civil War on the Great Lakes	78
VI	Michigan's "Peninsula War"	93
VII	"The Fenian Ghost Is Walking Again"	106
VIII	The Wolverine	120
	App. A. Shipwrecks, Rescues, and Collisions Involving the USS Michigan	141
	App. B. Commanders of the USS Michigan	145
	App. C. Ordnance of the USS Michigan	147
	App. D. Ship's Statistics	149
	Notes	151
	Bibliographic Essay	183
	Bibliography	187
	Index	205