A hero's lineage -- Education for adventure -- Navy doctor at large -- Coast fever and war fever -- The search for Sir John Franklin -- The first U.S. Grinnell expedition -- Lobbying, lectures, and courtship -- To the unknown north -- A disaster, and new adventures -- Secession -- The lowest ebb -- Escape -- The traveler at home, once more -- The last jourbey -- Time's appraisal -- Epilogue.
