| Description |
456 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Time reading program special edition |
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Time reading program special edition.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
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Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. (OCoLC)fst00014040
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Added Author |
Gallery, Daniel V., writer of introduction.
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