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9781417929177
1927. The biography of John Paul Jones, the popular naval hero of the Revolution. Contents: A Bold Captain Boards a Saucy Ship; A Canvas and a Figure; A Little Bark is Launched; A Whip and a Sword; Twenty Months of Darkness; Who was the Sailor's Sweetheart?; The Man Who Put Jones in the Navy; The First Cruise; The First Independent Command; Triumphs and Treacheries; Chills and Fever; Overseas in the Ranger; In France; Plans for the Grand Cruise; Raids by Sea and Land; Spies and Counter Spies; A Strange Letter to the Countess of Selkirk; The New Ship; Preparations and Plagues; More Treachery; The Battle in the Moonlight; Aftermaths; The Warrior's Reward; Further Intrigues; Farewell to France; The Tenth Renunciation; The Evils of Peace; The Collection Agent; The Call from the East; Unholy Russia; Battles and Letters; Plots and Pleas; Back to Western Europe; A Changed Paris; and The Man, the Victim and the Knight. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Russell, Phillips is the author of 'John Paul Jones Man of Action' with ISBN 9781417929177 and ISBN 1417929170.
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