Brady follows John Paul Jones from his Scottish birth and merchant-service youth to his commission in the Continental Navy, his cruises in the Providence and the Alfred, his quarrels over rank, and the raid on the British coast. The great battle of the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, and his later service in Russia, complete the story.
A lively 1900 biography by a writer who admired his subject but tried to weigh the evidence fairly. Download the free EPUB.