Four American Naval Heroes, by MABEL BORTON BEEBE, Ph.D
by Mabel Borton Beebe
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About this eBook
- Author
- Beebe, Mabel Borton
- Title
- Four American naval heroes : Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey; a book for young Americans
- Credits
- Produced by Heather Clark, paksenarrion and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E151: History: America: United States
- Subject
- Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 36581
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36581
- Release Date
- July 2, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FOUR AMERICAN NAVAL HEROES
- 2.INTRODUCTION.
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.THE STORY OF PAUL JONES
- 5.THE STORY OF PAUL JONES. — I.— The Little Scotch Lad. — II.— The Young Sailor. — III.— The Beginning of the American Revolution. — IV.— Lieutenant Paul Jones. — V.— The Cruise of the Alfred. — VI.— Captain Paul Jones. — VII.— The Cruise of the Ranger. — VIII.— The Ranger and the Drake. — IX.— The Bon Homme Richard. — X.— The Great Fight with the Serapis. — XI.— Honor to the Hero. — XII.— The Return to America. — XIII.— Ambitious Hopes. — XIV.— Sad Disappointments.
- 6.THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
- 7.THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. — I.— How the Perry Family Came to Rhode Island. — II.— School Days. — III.— Plans for the Future. — IV.— The Cruise in the West Indies. — V.— The War with the Barbary States. — VI.— More Trouble with England. — VII.— War on the Canadian Border. — VIII.— Oliver Perry Builds a Fleet. — IX.—" We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours. " — X.— What Perry's Victory Accomplished. — XI.— On the Mediterranean Again. — XII.— Captain Perry's Last Cruise.
- 8.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
- 9.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. — I.— Childhood. — II.— The Little Midshipman. — III.— The Loss of the Essex. — IV.— The Trip on the Mediterranean. — V.— War with the Pirates. — VI.— From Lieutenant to Captain. — VII.— The Question of Allegiance. — VIII.— The Capture of New Orleans. — IX.— The Battle of Mobile Bay. — X.— Well-earned Laurels.
- 10.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898 — FOREWORD. — CAUSES OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
- 11.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898. — I.— The Battle of Manila. — II.— The Boyhood of George Dewey. — III.— Dewey as a Naval Cadet. — IV.— From Lieutenant to Commodore. — V.— The American Navy in Cuban Waters. — VI.— The Cruise of the Oregon. — VII.— Lieutenant Hobson and the Merrimac. — VIII.— The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet. — IX.— The End of the War. — X.— Life on an American Man-of-War. — XI.— Some Facts about the Navy of 1898.
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