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"From Sail to Steam" from Alfred Thayer Mahan. United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian (1840-1914).

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Reproduction of the original: From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Captain A. T. Mahan

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,... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Captain A. T. Mahan

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As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

""From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life"" is a memoir written by A.T. Mahan, a prominent American naval officer and historian. In this book, Mahan recounts his experiences serving in the United States Navy during the transition from sail-powered ships to steam-powered... Read Full Overview

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) ws a US naval officer and historian who has been described as "the most important American strategist of the 19th century." His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, particularly in Europe, and... Read Full Overview

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