𝔖 Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦
πŸ“

John Paul Jones: sailor, hero, father of the American Navy

✍ Scribed by Jones, John Paul;Thomas, Evan

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Category
Library
⬇  Acquire This Volume

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Traces the naval hero's modest Scottish origins, the circumstances that brought him to America under a charge of murder and a false name, his sea battle achievements, and his acclaim by such figures as Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin.;"My desire for fame is infinite" -- "You meet a gentleman" -- "That great misfortune" -- "Proof of madness" -- "Determined at all hazards" -- "Delicate notions of honor" -- "A rash thing" -- "Officer of fine feelings" -- "Lay it in ashes" -- "We've got her now!" -- "No sooner seen than lost" -- "Caressed by all the world" -- "The gale still increasing" -- "Cover him with kisses" -- "Conquer or die" -- "The ghost of himself" -- "Envy of the world."

✦ Table of Contents

"My desire for fame is infinite" --
"You meet a gentleman" --
"That great misfortune" --
"Proof of madness" --
"Determined at all hazards" --
"Delicate notions of honor" --
"A rash thing" --
"Officer of fine feelings" --
"Lay it in ashes" --
"We've got her now!" --
"No sooner seen than lost" --
"Caressed by all the world" --
"The gale still increasing" --
"Cover him with kisses" --
"Conquer or die" --
"The ghost of himself" --
"Envy of the world."

✦ Subjects

Admirals--United States;Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog;Zeemacht;Military operations, Naval;Admirals;Biographies;History;Biography;Jones, John Paul, -- 1747-1792;Admirals -- United States -- Biography;United States. -- Navy -- Biography;United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations;United States. -- Navy;United States

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

John Paul Jones and the Birth of the Ame
πŸ“ John Paul Jones and the Birth of the American Navy
✍ Sarah Crickard πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2015 πŸ› The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc 🌐 English

<p>John Paul Jones is remembered as the first hero of the young American Navy. He raided the British coast during the American Revolution, capturing or sinking more than forty enemy ships in one of the greatest naval battles in our nation's military history. Readers will enjoy this thrilling account

John Paul Jones: The Life and Legacy of
πŸ“ John Paul Jones: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War Commander Dubbed the Father of the American Navy
✍ Charles River Editors πŸ“‚ Library 🌐 English

<span>*Includes pictures<br>*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts<br>*Includes a bibliography for further reading<br>*Includes a table of contents<br><br>β€œSurrender? I have not yet begun to fight!” – attributed to John Paul Jones<br><br>Many Americans labor under the misconception that the nat