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1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 846 pages) : illustrations |
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age Children |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 1943. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Table of Contents; List of Charts and Illustrations; Part 1: The Sailor of Scotland, the West Indies, and Colonial America; I.A Scottish Birthright of Liberty and the Sea; II. Shipboy to America, Master to Scotland; III. Mungo Maxwell and Paul Jones -- IV. The Mutineer and John Paul Jones -- V. The Pirate from Tobago to America; VI. Incognito in America; VII. Joseph Hewes-Willie and Allen Jones; Part 2: The American Lieutenant, Captain, and Squadron Commander in War at Home; VIII. First Lieutenant in the Continental Navy. |
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IX. Flag Officer, Pilot, and Strategist of the New Providence CruiseX. In Command of the Flagship's Guns Against the Glasgow; XI. Captain Jones: The Providence Cruise; XII. Superseded; XIII. Commander of the Alfred-Hampden-Providence Enterprise; XIV. Jones, Not Hopkins or Manley, Leader of the American Navy; XV. Jones, Commodore in Authority, Obstructed by Hopkins; XVI. Independent Command of the Ranger; Part 3: The American Naval Leader in War Abroad; XVII. The Diplomatic and Naval Setting in France; XVIII. The Incursion to Burn the Shipping at Whitehaven; XIX. The Raid at St. Mary's Isle. |
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The Silver PlateXX. The Ranger Captures the Drake; XXI. The Ships Reach Brest; XXII. The Meshes of Politics; XXIII. A Malicious Lieutenant and a Homesick Crew; XXIV. Jones Loses the Ranger and Wins Only Promises; XXV. Fighting for Another Command: The Bonhomme Richard; XXVI. Franklin and Others in a New Background; XXVII. Preparation of the Squadron; De Chaumont and Landais; XXVIII. The Preliminary Cruise; Further Preparations; the Concordat; XXIX. From Groix to Flamborough Head: Frustration; XXX. The Battle of Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis; XXXI. Fire and Flood. |
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British Pursuit and RetrospectXXXII. ""The Pirate Paul Jones"" at the Texel; XXXIII. An Interim of Personalities; XXXIV. The Three-Fold Pressure by Holland, France, and Britain; XXXV. The Dash of the Alliance in Triumph of the American Flag; Part 4: Vicissitudes, Pesonal and Professional, in Paris and L'Orient; XXXVI. The Alliance Returns to France; the Prize Money Crisis; XXXVII. Landais and Franklin Duel with Words; XXXVIII. Glory and Romance Surround Jones in Paris; XXXIX. Landais Conspires and Threatens at L'Orient; XL. Landais Usurps the Alliance. |
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XLI. The Countess de La Vendahl Cools the Commodore's PassionXLII. The Countess de Nicolson: God, She Would Willingly Be the Lowest of Your Crew -- XLIII. Aboard the Ariel: at Groix; the Hurricane; the Passage to America; Part 5: Triumphs, Honors, and Leadership in the United States; XLIV. Drag the Wretches into Open Day -- XLV. Vindication and Honor in America; XLVI. Commander of the America, the Fist Ship of the Line; XLVII. The Leader of the American Navy at the Close of the Revolution; Part 6: Public Missions and Private Interests in France and Denmark; the Russian Appointment. |
| Summary |
This is the true life story of the Scottish gardener's son, John Paul, who became America's greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, traveling actor, merchant captain, accused of murder and suspected of freebooting?this was John Paul. Captain in Washington's Continental Navy, raider of the British coasts and victor in one of history's most desperate naval battles, lion of the French court and beloved by beautiful women, Russian admiral under Catherine the Great, and dead at 45, neglected by his adopted United States, his very grave lost for a hundred years. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
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Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. |
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United States. Navy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. Navy. |
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Biographies.
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Admirals -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Admirals. |
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United States. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations -- Juvenile literature.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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Military operations, Naval. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
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1775-1783 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lorenz, Lincoln, 1895- John Paul Jones. 1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed. Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2014, ©1943 9781591144069 |
| ISBN |
1612514723 (electronic book) |
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9781612514727 (electronic book) |
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159114406X |
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9781591144069 |
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