xxii, 406 pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 379-381.
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Magic and prophecy -- The twig is bent -- France plays the first card -- Stone age adventure -- Enter a soldier of fortune -- The birth of an obsession -- The race is on -- Fitch discovers a friend -- A miniature painter -- Triumphs all round -- The rivals collide -- There's many a slip -- England enters the game -- Lord High Admirals of the Delaware -- A killing frost -- Death of a champion -- The new champion -- A stormy sunset -- The birth of the submarine -- Aristocrats take a hand -- Undersea adventures -- Fulton's first steamboat -- Death for sale -- "The most fearful wild fowl living" -- Cars of Neptune -- Steamboat fever -- Who invented the steamboat?
