John Paul Jones

Fighter for Freedom and Glory

Nonfiction, History, Military, United States
Cover of the book John Paul Jones by Lincoln Lorenz, Naval Institute Press
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Author: Lincoln Lorenz ISBN: 9781612514727
Publisher: Naval Institute Press Publication: April 18, 2014
Imprint: Naval Institute Press Language: English
Author: Lincoln Lorenz
ISBN: 9781612514727
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication: April 18, 2014
Imprint: Naval Institute Press
Language: English
This is the true life story of the Scottish gardener’s son, John Paul, who became America’s greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, traveling actor, merchant captain, accused of murder and suspected of freebooting-this was John Paul. Captain in Washington’s Continental Navy, raider of the British coasts and victor in one of history’s most desperate naval battles, lion of the French court and beloved by beautiful women, Russian admiral under Catherine the Great, and dead at 45, neglected by his adopted United States, his very grave lost for a hundred years-that was John Paul Jones.
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This is the true life story of the Scottish gardener’s son, John Paul, who became America’s greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, traveling actor, merchant captain, accused of murder and suspected of freebooting-this was John Paul. Captain in Washington’s Continental Navy, raider of the British coasts and victor in one of history’s most desperate naval battles, lion of the French court and beloved by beautiful women, Russian admiral under Catherine the Great, and dead at 45, neglected by his adopted United States, his very grave lost for a hundred years-that was John Paul Jones.

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