Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

John Paul Jones,

Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976.

John Paul Jones, a sailor's biography. - [1st ed.]. - Boston, Little, Brown [1959] - xxii, 453 p. illus., ports., maps. 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. [431]-443. Includes bibliographical references.

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- April 1778. -- The raid on St. Mary's Isle, 23 April 1778. -- Drake captured and cruise ends, April-May 1778. -- In irons, May 1778-February 1779. -- The Bonhomme Richard squadron, November 1778-August 1779. -- A mad cruise, August-September 1779. -- The Battle of 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 Re��gime, 1783-1788. -- New York and Denmark, 1787-1788. -- Kontradmiral Pavel Ivanovich Jones, 1788-1789. -- The empty wineskin, 1789-1792. -- Appendices: Illegitimate birth ; Alleged Selkirk blood ; Was John Paul Jones ever in the Royal Navy? ; Piracy, smuggling and play-acting ; How did "John Jones" reach Virginia from Tobago? ; Jones and American flag ; Buell's fabrications.

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Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Jones, John Paul, (1747-1792) --Biographies.


United States. Navy --Biography.


Sailors--United States--Biography.


United States--History--Naval operations.--Revolution, 1775-1783

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