Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-267) and index
'Brittania sends a poor boy to sea' -- 'Youthful years': the young midshipman in naval biography, 1745-1798 -- 'Our young officer': young heroes in the Chronicle's biographical memoirs, 1799-1818 -- Youthful warriors: their 'heroic atchievements' become news, 1745-1798 -- 'Intrepid youthful heroes': their 'heroic atchievements' are the news in the Chronicle, 1799-1818 -- 'Isle of love': the 'sea-lover' in nautical verse, 1745-1798 -- 'Love at home': 'my son, a mariner' in the Chronicle's nautical verse, 1799-1818 -- 'Floating houses' at war: 'distressed objects' and 'little tyrants' in naval polemic, 1745-1798 -- Heroic humanity: the 'destitute midshipman' and 'unfortunate youth' in the Chronicle's polemical discourses, 1799-1818 -- 'Young officers': political youth, 1815-1820
