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The Life and Adventures of John Paul Jones

by John S. C. Abbott

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John Paul Jones grew up a gardener’s son in Scotland and went to sea as a boy. Abbott follows him into the infant Continental Navy, raids on the British coast, his dealings in Nantes, Brest and Paris, the battle of the Bonhomme Richard against the Serapis, and his later honours at court.

A stirring popular life of America’s first naval hero, for readers of the Revolution at sea. Download the free EPUB.

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