Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent

by Henry Beston

10 chapters4h 48mEnglish1919

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“These tales are memories of several months spent as a special correspondent attached to the forces of the American Navy on foreign service…. [I have] been content to chronicle the interesting incidents of the daily life as well as the achievements and heroisms of the friends who keep the highways of the sea…. I would not end without a word of thanks to the enlisted men for their unfailing good will and ever courteous behaviour.” Henry Beston (1888-1968) was an American author. In 1918, Beston became a press representative for the U.S. Navy. Highlights from this period include being the only American correspondent to travel with the British Grand Fleet and to be aboard an American destroyer during combat engagement and sinking during World War I. This 1919 book describes these experiences. Lists of names have been omitted from the Preface. - Summary by Book Preface, Wikipedia, David Wales

Chapters (9)

1An Heroic Journey; Into The Dark; Friend Or Foe?

1759

2Running Submerged; The Return Of The Captains; Our Sailors

1769

3The Base; The Destroyer And Her Problem; Torpedoed; The End Of A Submarine

2037

4'Fishing'; Amusements; Storm; On Night Patrol; Camouflage

2722

5Tragedy; 'Consolidation Not Cooperation'; Machine Against Machine; The Legend Of Kelley; Sons Of The Trident; The Fleet; The American Squadron

2341

6To Sea With The Fleet; 'Sky Pilots'; In The Wireless Room; Marines

1895

7Ships Of The Air; The Sailor In London; The Armed Guard; Going Aboard

1964

8Grain; Collision

1166

9The Raid By The River; On Having Been Both A Soldier And A Sailor

1538

Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent

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Chapters (9)

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