Youth, Heroism and War Propaganda

D. A. B. Ronald is an independent scholar and has a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceNotes on Dates, Spelling, Language and TitlesList of Abbreviations 1: Introduction: Britannia sends a poor Boy to sea 2: ‘Youthful Years’: The Young Midshipman in Naval Biography, 1745–1798 3: ‘Our young officer’: Young heroes in the Chronicle’s Biographical Memoirs, 1799–1818 4: Youthful Warriors: Their ‘heroic Atchievements’ Become News, 1745–17985: ‘Intrepid youthful heroes’: Their ‘heroic Atchievements’ Are the News in the Chronicle, 1799–18186: ‘Isle of Love’: The ‘sea-lover’ in Nautical Verse, 1745–1798 7: ‘Love at home’: ‘My son, a mariner’ in the Chronicle’s Nautical Verse, 1799–1818 8: ‘Floating Houses’ at war: ‘Distressed Objects’ and ‘little Tyrants’ in Naval Polemic, 1745–1798 9: Heroic humanity: The ‘destitute midshipman’ and ‘unfortunate youth’ in the Chronicle’s Polemical Discourses 1799–1815 10: ‘Young Officers’: Political Youth, 1815–1820 NotesSelected Bibliography Index

The Naval Chronicle is the literary centerpiece here; Ronald takes us through its advertisements, its news columns, its biographies, its nautical verse, its accounts of “Heroic Atchievements,” and its appeals to humanity for the “destitute midshipman” and the “unfortunate youth.” Fascinating material.