John Paul Jones : Fighter for Freedom and Glory
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
159114406X
ISBN-13
9781591144069
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Imprint
Naval Institute Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 5th, 2014
Print length
872 Pages
Weight
1,334 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.00 x 5.60 cms
Ksh 5,750.00
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This is the true life story of the adventurous Scottish gardener’s son, John Paul, who became America’s greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, travelling 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.
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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