The Story of John Paul Jones
by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fraser, Chelsea Curtis, 1876-
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Sandra Eder, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)
- Subject
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 42864
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42864
- Release Date
- June 3, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FAMOUS AMERICANS — For Young Readers — THE STORY OF JOHN PAUL JONES
- 2.BY CHELSEA C. FRASER
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.THE STORY OF JOHN PAUL JONES
- 7.I — THE STORM
- 8.II — THE LAND ACROSS THE SEA
- 9.III — THE YOUNG SAILOR
- 10.IV — THE YOUNG PLANTER
- 11.V — THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
- 12.VI — RAISING THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG
- 13.VII — AN INGLORIOUS CRUISE
- 14.VIII — THE YOUNG CAPTAIN
- 15.IX — ABOARD THE "RANGER"
- 16.X — IN THE ENEMY'S OWN WATERS
- 17.XI — OUTWITTING THE "DRAKE"
- 18.XII — THE QUEER CONDUCT OF CAPTAIN LANDAIS
- 19.XIII — FIGHTING FRIEND AND FOE — FIGHT BETWEEN THE SERAPIS AND THE BON HOMME RICHARD From a rare print — BOARDING THE SERAPIS From a rare print
- 20.XIV — DIPLOMACY AND SOCIETY
- 21.XV — AND THE LAST — PAUL JONES'S LAST BURIAL Midshipman escorting the casket to its final resting place, in Annapolis, April 24th, 1906
- 22.FAMOUS AMERICANS FOR YOUNG READERS
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