Title: A Rocky Mountain sailor in Teddy Roosevelt's navy :
Authors: Fowler, Charles Smith,; Tomlinson, Rodney George.; Grabill, Clare Fowler.
Date: 1998
Publisher: Westview Press,
Physical description: xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: Given that enlisted personnel are the forgotten men of naval history, it is difficult to find intimate portraits of sailors as persons, and not just as crew members. Charles Smith Fowler's story would have been lost had it not been for his older sister who kept the letters he had written her. With the help of the Fowler family, Rodney Tomlinson collected and edited over 200 pages of Charlie's writings to his sister, Clare, and presents them here for the first time. Charlie's tales of bluejacket life in Teddy Roosevelt's emerging modern navy are arguably the longest and most articulate single personal exposition ever written by a U.S. sailor. His words shed new light on navy life from a sailor's perspective at the turn of the century.
Contents: Appears the Missing Sailor: January 1906 -- The Recruit: December 1904-May 1905 -- Asiatic Squadron - China: May 1905-June 1906 -- The Philippines - Cavite and Manila: May-July 1906 -- Subic Bay - Seaman to Petty Officer: July 1906-August 7, 1907 -- Fruits of Labors: August 7, 1907-December 1908 -- Back to Sea - USS Chattanooga: December 1908-July 1909 -- Settling Accounts at Subic - USS Mohican: July-December 1909 -- Homeward Bound - USS Denver: December 1909-April 1910 -- Epilogue: May 1910-May 1943.
Notes: Letters of Petty Officer Charles S. Fowler to his sister Clare.
Subject headings (LCSH): Fowler, Charles Smith, -1943--Correspondence.; Fowler, Charles Smith, 1943--Correspondence.; Grabill, Claire Fowler--Correspondence.; Grabill, Clare Fowler--Correspondence.; Philippines--Description and travel.; Philippines--History--1898-1946.; Sailors--United States--Correspondence.; United States. Navy--Sailors--Biography.; United States. Navy--Sailors--Correspondence.; United States. Navy--Warrant officers--Correspondence.