Youth, Heroism and War Propaganda: Britain and the Young Maritime Hero, 1745–1820

Cover\nHalf-title\nTitle\nCopyright\nDedication\nContents\nList of Illustrations\nPreface\nNotes on Dates, Spelling, Language and Titles\nList of Abbreviations\n1. ‘Britannia Sends a Poor Boy to Sea’\n2. ‘Youthful Years’: The Young Midshipman in Naval Biography, 1745–1798\n3. ‘Our young officer’: Young Heroes in the Chronicle’s Biographical Memoirs, 1799–1818\n4. Youthful Warriors: Their ‘Heroic Atchievements’ Become News, 1745–1798\n5. ‘Intrepid youthful heroes’: Their ‘Heroic Atchievements’ Are the Newsin the Chronicle, 1799–1818\n6. ‘Isle of Love’: The ‘sea-lover’ in Nautical Verse, 1745–1798\n7. ‘Love at home’: ‘My son, a mariner’ in the Chronicle’s Nautical Verse, 1799–1818\n8. ‘Floating Houses’ at War: ‘Distressed Objects’ and ‘little Tyrants’ in Naval Polemic, 1745–1798\n9. Heroic Humanity: The ‘destitute midshipman’ and ‘unfortunate youth’ in the Chronicle’s Polemical Discourses, 1799–1818\n10. ‘Young Officers’: Political Youth, 1815–1820\nNotes\nSelected Bibliography\nIndex