Foreword   Nathaniel Philbrick

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One

A Nice Quiet Island

1

Two

Why Are We Leaving?

21

Three

Cut, Sew, And Tie

33

Four

Moby-Tick

53

Five

In The Blood

77

Six

Mutiny On The Boundaries

93

Seven

Arms Against A Sea Of Troubles

113

Eight

We Can Handle Weird

127

Nine

Family Practice

149

Ten

Unmoored Offshore

171

Eleven

The Fourth Dimension

191

Twelve

The Lost

211

Thirteen

Waifs And Strays

227

Fourteen

The Life Preserver

247

Acknowledgments

265