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A Rocky Mountain sailor in Teddy Roosevelt's navy : the letters of Petty Officer Charles Fowler from the Asiatic Station 1905-1910 / edited and with introductions by Rodney G. Tomlinson.

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An avid reader of naval history since my father's service in World War II, I had been struck by the marked contrast between the touching personal depictions of WW II photo-journalism and the dearth of portrayals of sailors as persons, not just undefined elements of crews. Frederick Harrod would...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Fowler, Charles Smith, -1943 (Author)
Other Authors: Tomlinson, Rodney George (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Series:History and warfare.
Subjects:
Fowler, Charles Smith, > -1943 > Correspondence.
Grabill, Clare Fowler > Correspondence.
United States. > Navy > Biography.
Sailors > United States > Correspondence.
Philippines > History.
Fowler, Charles Smith, > -1943.
Grabill, Clare Fowler.
United States. > Navy.
Sailors.
Philippines.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Appears the Missing Sailor: January 1906 5
  • 2. The Recruit: December 1904- May 1905 17
  • 3. Asiatic Squadron
  • China: May 1905 -June 1906 53
  • 4. The Philippines
  • Cavite and Manila: May
  • July 1906 105
  • 5. Subic Bay
  • Seaman to Petty Officer: July 1906- August 7, 1907 133
  • 6. Fruits of Labors: August 7, 1907
  • December 1908 251
  • 7. Back to Sea
  • USS Chattanooga December 1908- July 1909 345
  • 8. Settling Accounts at Subic
  • USS Mohican: July
  • December 1909 371
  • 9. Homeward Bound
  • USS Denver December 1909
  • April191 0 393
  • 10.Epilogue May 1910- May 1943
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photographs
  • See list at beginning of Index
  • About the Editor.

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