An edition of John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
(1959)
John Paul Jones
a sailor's biography
by Samuel Eliot Morison
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Biography of John Paul Jones, sea captain in the American Revolution.
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John Paul Jones: a sailor's biography
1989, Naval Institute Press
in English
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John Paul Jones, a sailor's biography
1985, Northeastern University Press
in English
- A Classics ed., A Northeastern classics ed.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
The barefoot boy of Arbigland, 1747-1760
Apprentice seaman to naval lieutenant, 1760-1775
Earliest service in the continental navy, December 1775-April 1776
First independent commands, May-December 1776
Promotion and the new navy, December 1776-June 1777
"Ranger" and her maiden voyage, July-December 1777
From the Loire to the Solway, December 1777-April1778
The raid on St. Mary's Isle, 23 April 1778
"Drake" Captured and cruise ends, April-May 1778
In irons, May 1778-Februrary 1779
The "Bonhomme Richard" squadron, November 1778-August 1779
A mad cruise, August-September 1779
The battle off Flamborough Head, 23 September 1779
Aftermath of battle, 25 September-31 December 1779
Pinnacle of fame, 1780
"Alliance" and "Ariel," June 1780-February 1781
"America" gained and lost, February 1781-November 1783
Autumn of the old Régime, 1783-1788
New York and Denmark, 1787-1788
Kontradmiral Pavel Ivanovich Jones, 1788-1789
The empty wineskin, 1789-1792
Appendixes: Illegitimate birth-alleged selkirk blood
Was Paul Jones ever in the royal Navy?
Piracy, smuggling and play-acting, How did "John Jones" reach Virginia from Tobago?
Jones and the American Flag
Buell's fabrications.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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