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| Acknowledgments | viii | ||
| Prologue | xiii | ||
| 1. The Art and Mystery of the Pilotage | 1 | (12) | |
| 2. The Blockade at Cape Fear | 13 | (16) | |
| 3. The Trade | 29 | (24) | |
| 4. The Pilots of the Mary Celestin | 53 | (6) | |
| 5. Thomas Brinkman and the Condor | 59 | (4) | |
| 6. The Burriss Boys of Federal Point | 63 | (8) | |
| 7. The Misfortunes of Thomas Dyer | 71 | (6) | |
| 8. The Pilot Who Became a Preacher | 77 | (12) | |
| 9. The Tale of Julius Potter | 89 | (12) | |
| 10. Christopher Columbus Morse | 101 | (8) | |
| 11. Through the Eyes of a Girl | 109 | (14) | |
| 12. Thomas Mann Thompson | 123 | (6) | |
| 13. The Legacy of the Cape Fear Blockade Runners | 129 | (4) | |
| Epilogue: The Cape Fear Pilots after the Civil War | 133 | (16) | |
| Appendix: The Cape Fear Pilots, 1861-1865 | 149 | (8) | |
| Notes | 157 | (20) | |
| Bibliography | 177 | (6) | |
| Index | 183 |
