John Grady served as managing editor of Navy Times and has been published in Naval History, the New York Times’ Disunion series, the Times’ collection of essays on the Civil War and the Civil War Monitor’s Front Line. He is a contributor to the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Civil War blog and lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

“This book is an interesting account of the political and scientific battles Maury waged to promote more quantitative and predictive science. Recommended”—Choice; “well-researched...recommend[ed]”—The Journal of Military History; “a remarkably thorough narrative.... The depth of Grady’s research is amply demonstrated by the very comprehensive bibliography”—Nautical Research Journal; “Grady’s volume is the first scholarly book on Maury in 50 years. It covers his entire life”—Civil War News; “Grady excels at tracing and explaining Maury’s naval career and his scientific contributions to oceanography and military technology. A welcome and significant addition to scholarly work on Maury’s life, and it should prove engaging and useful for scholars of the Civil War, naval history, and the history of science”—Virginia Magazine; “Grady successfully manages to bring a historical person again to life with his book never becoming a dry scholarly read, but always remaining a book that has all the qualities of a good read. It is a book you would also read for its qualities as a well-written story...solid research...recommended”—Naval Historical Foundation; “engrossing biography...highly recommend John Grady’s thoroughly absorbing well-written biography of this naval genius”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Last Crusade1. God’s Wandering Children2. Becoming a Useful Man3. Citizen of Virginia4. Lessons for a Lifetime5. The Siren’s Song6. The ­Ever-Changing Sea of Life7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco8. Survival Ashore9. In Washington in a Scientific Post10. The Navy and the Observatory11. A Most Uncivil War12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny14. Gauging the Politics of Weather15. Some Fair Winds16. The Great Enterprise17. Shipwreck and Salvation18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlam19. The Heady First Spring of War20. At War with the Cotton Kings21. The Confederate European Crusade22. Winning Hearts and Minds23. The Long Exile24. At Peace in the Ruins of WarChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

John Grady served as managing editor of Navy Times and has been published in Naval History, the New York Times’ Disunion series, the Times’ collection of essays on the Civil War and the Civil War Monitor’s Front Line. He is a contributor to the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Civil War blog and lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

“This book is an interesting account of the political and scientific battles Maury waged to promote more quantitative and predictive science. Recommended”—Choice; “well-researched...recommend[ed]”—The Journal of Military History; “a remarkably thorough narrative.... The depth of Grady’s research is amply demonstrated by the very comprehensive bibliography”—Nautical Research Journal; “Grady’s volume is the first scholarly book on Maury in 50 years. It covers his entire life”—Civil War News; “Grady excels at tracing and explaining Maury’s naval career and his scientific contributions to oceanography and military technology. A welcome and significant addition to scholarly work on Maury’s life, and it should prove engaging and useful for scholars of the Civil War, naval history, and the history of science”—Virginia Magazine; “Grady successfully manages to bring a historical person again to life with his book never becoming a dry scholarly read, but always remaining a book that has all the qualities of a good read. It is a book you would also read for its qualities as a well-written story...solid research...recommended”—Naval Historical Foundation; “engrossing biography...highly recommend John Grady’s thoroughly absorbing well-written biography of this naval genius”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Last Crusade1. God’s Wandering Children2. Becoming a Useful Man3. Citizen of Virginia4. Lessons for a Lifetime5. The Siren’s Song6. The ­Ever-Changing Sea of Life7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco8. Survival Ashore9. In Washington in a Scientific Post10. The Navy and the Observatory11. A Most Uncivil War12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny14. Gauging the Politics of Weather15. Some Fair Winds16. The Great Enterprise17. Shipwreck and Salvation18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlam19. The Heady First Spring of War20. At War with the Cotton Kings21. The Confederate European Crusade22. Winning Hearts and Minds23. The Long Exile24. At Peace in the Ruins of WarChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

John Grady served as managing editor of Navy Times and has been published in Naval History, the New York Times’ Disunion series, the Times’ collection of essays on the Civil War and the Civil War Monitor’s Front Line. He is a contributor to the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Civil War blog and lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

“This book is an interesting account of the political and scientific battles Maury waged to promote more quantitative and predictive science. Recommended”—Choice; “well-researched...recommend[ed]”—The Journal of Military History; “a remarkably thorough narrative.... The depth of Grady’s research is amply demonstrated by the very comprehensive bibliography”—Nautical Research Journal; “Grady’s volume is the first scholarly book on Maury in 50 years. It covers his entire life”—Civil War News; “Grady excels at tracing and explaining Maury’s naval career and his scientific contributions to oceanography and military technology. A welcome and significant addition to scholarly work on Maury’s life, and it should prove engaging and useful for scholars of the Civil War, naval history, and the history of science”—Virginia Magazine; “Grady successfully manages to bring a historical person again to life with his book never becoming a dry scholarly read, but always remaining a book that has all the qualities of a good read. It is a book you would also read for its qualities as a well-written story...solid research...recommended”—Naval Historical Foundation; “engrossing biography...highly recommend John Grady’s thoroughly absorbing well-written biography of this naval genius”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Last Crusade1. God’s Wandering Children2. Becoming a Useful Man3. Citizen of Virginia4. Lessons for a Lifetime5. The Siren’s Song6. The ­Ever-Changing Sea of Life7. The Exploring Expedition Fiasco8. Survival Ashore9. In Washington in a Scientific Post10. The Navy and the Observatory11. A Most Uncivil War12. Charting the Oceans and Finding Gold13. Grand Explorations and Manifest Destiny14. Gauging the Politics of Weather15. Some Fair Winds16. The Great Enterprise17. Shipwreck and Salvation18. Wise and Good Counsels in Bedlam19. The Heady First Spring of War20. At War with the Cotton Kings21. The Confederate European Crusade22. Winning Hearts and Minds23. The Long Exile24. At Peace in the Ruins of WarChapter NotesBibliographyIndex