Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Cape Breton and Going Down to the Sea, 1858-82 -- 2 Pelagic Sealing: Victoria, 1883-87 -- 3 Conflict in the North Pacific, 1888-89 -- 4 Home Port San Francisco, 1890 -- 5 The James Hamilton Lewis and the Russians, 1891 -- 6 The Japanese Coast and the North Pacific, 1892-95 -- 7 The Bering Sea Claims Commission Hearings and Percy Sherwood, 1896 -- 8 The South Pacific Expedition, 1897-98 -- 9 The Klondike, 1898-1903 -- 10 Poaching with the Carmencita, 1904-05 -- 11 The Carmencita Returns to Victoria, 1905 -- 12 Setting the Record Straight: Vancouver, 1906-08 -- 13 The Final Years: Vancouver, 1909-14 -- 14 The Legend of Alex MacLean -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.