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This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

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.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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.