Battles at Annapolis

Annapolis native David Gendell is the author of Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse: A Chesapeake Bay Icon and The Last Days of the Schooner America: A Lost Icon at the Annapolis Warship Factory. He lives with his family in Annapolis, where he is a frequent speaker on the subjects of sailing and history.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Author's Notes

PART 1: THE 1893 GAME: "ANNAPOLIS IS WILD."
Chapter 1: Before Dawn and After Sunset
Chapter 2: A Most Urgent Errand
Chapter 3: Challenge Issued
Chapter 4: "I don't mind the bruises much."
Chapter 5: Experience Prevails at West Point, 1890
Chapter 6: A Second Chance
Chapter 7: Army's First Coach
Chapter 8: Stakes Raised
Chapter 9: "I can't think of anything but that game."
Chapter 10: The Third Meeting
Chapter 11: Bliss at Yale
Chapter 12: A Sporting Summer
Chapter 13: Bliss in California
Chapter 14: Naval Academy Summer
Chapter 15: Cadets at Chicago
Chapter 16: Fresh Start at West Point
Chapter 17: Predawn Practice
Chapter 18: New Coaches for a New Season
Chapter 19: The 1893 Army Cadets
Chapter 20: Emerging Stars at Annapolis
Chapter 21: Army's 1893 Season
Chapter 22: Navy's 1893 Season
Chapter 23: "Cry-Baby Sort of Feeling"
Chapter 24: Final Preparations
Chapter 25: A Goat from New York
Chapter 26: Army En Route to Annapolis
Chapter 27: The Tailor's Order
Chapter 28: Army Arrives at Annapolis
Chapter 29: The Crowd Gathers
Chapter 30: The Admiral
Chapter 31: El Cid at Annapolis
Chapter 32: Bull and the Headgear
Chapter 33: Underway
Chapter 34: Second Half
Chapter 35: "To kick a place kick for a goal."
Chapter 36: "Without luck."
Chapter 37: Celebration and Misbehavior
Chapter 38: West Point Reacts
Chapter 39: Fallout at Washington, DC
Chapter 40: Changes at West Point
Chapter 41: Aftermath
Chapter 42: "I am told that you are a good football player."
Chapter 43: A Vest Pocket Sea Fight
Chapter 44: "It's getting pretty hot here."
Chapter 45: A Costly "Little War"
Chapter 46: Rivalry Renewed
Chapter 47: Neutral Sites

PART 2: THE 1942 GAME: "AN UNEXPECTEDAND PLEASANT SURPRISE."
Chapter 48: The New Stadiums
Chapter 49: Surviving 1893 Coaches and Players
Chapter 50: "Be on the field in 20 minutes
Chapter 51: A New Era at West Point
Chapter 52: Army Gets Their Man
Chapter 53: High Expectations at Annapolis
Chapter 54: Fresh Hope at West Point
Chapter 55: Army and Navy Rising
Chapter 56: "There's a war coming boys."
Chapter 57: "Gentlemen, we are at war."
Chapter 58: Pearl Harbor Aftermath
Chapter 59: The "Green Light Letter"
Chapter 60: Bilged
Chapter 61: Woods into West Point
Chapter 62: "Doubt Army-Navy Game"
Chapter 63: Arrival by Sea
Chapter 64: "An unexpected and pleasant surprise."
Chapter 65: November 1942
Chapter 66: "Almost anything can happen when these two teams meet."
Chapter 67: November 28, 1942
Chapter 68: Ace
Chapter 69: Pacific Rescue

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
About the Author