A star to steer by; by Hugh Mulzac, captain of the Booker T. Washington as told to Louis Burnham and Norval Welch.

1. Recollections of an island boy --- 2. I discover black and white -- 3. The wide, wide world -- 4. Sailing ship days -- 5. On the beach -- 6. Marcus Garvey's dream -- 7. The dark years -- 8. Stirrings of hope -- 9. The world revisited -- 10. The commission will not interfere -- 11. On the bridge -- 12. Action in the North Atlantic -- 13. To all brave sailors -- 14. The routine of war -- 15. The commander is dead! -- 16. A peacetime sailor -- 17. Panting and politics -- 18. Blacklist -- 19. To all young sailors

List of Illustrations: Frontispiece, Captain Hugh Mulzac -- Map of the West Indian Archipelago -- Discharge papers from the Aeolus -- As second mate during First World War -- Officers of the Booker T. Washington -- Peter B. Ross at the launching of the Booker T. Washington -- The CIO welcome banquet in New York -- At a meeting of Packinghouse Workers in Chicago -- On election tour for President Roosevelt: Detroit and Boston -- The crew on voyage 22 -- The Mulzac family

"In 1918, Hugh Mulzac became the first Negro to won his Master's license. The childhood dream to command his own vessel, came to fruition in 1942 as the Untied States was catapulting into World War II. Here is an autobiography written wit the flair and pace of a novel. From a tranquil, West Indian Island to the deck of an almost legendary Liberty ship, the Booker T. Washington, the story unfolds.
"With warmth and a modesty often belying the significance of his deeds, the author relives an almost singular battle for achievement. Captain Mulzac's story is exciting reading but even more it is the revelation of a life which found it could not be fulfilled until the dreams of others came to fruition." -- from the back cover.