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John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior
Joseph Callo
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Description for John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior
Hardcover. Looks at America's first sea warrior, and avoids both the hero worship, and the inaccurate deconstructionist views of John Paul Jones's life. The author examines Jones's dramatic military achievements - including his victory off Flamborough Head in the Continental ship Bonhomme Richard - in the context of the times. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
This fresh look at America’s first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of the past and the recent, inaccurate deconstructionist views of John Paul Jones’s astonishing life. The author goes beyond a narrow naval context to establish Jones as a key player in the American Revolution, something not done by previous biographers, and explains what drove him to his achievements. At the same time, Admiral Joseph Callo fully examines Jones’s dramatic military achievements—including his improbable victory off Flamborough Head in the Continental ship Bonhomme Richard—but in the context of the times rather than as stand-alone events. The ... Read more
This fresh look at America’s first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of the past and the recent, inaccurate deconstructionist views of John Paul Jones’s astonishing life. The author goes beyond a narrow naval context to establish Jones as a key player in the American Revolution, something not done by previous biographers, and explains what drove him to his achievements. At the same time, Admiral Joseph Callo fully examines Jones’s dramatic military achievements—including his improbable victory off Flamborough Head in the Continental ship Bonhomme Richard—but in the context of the times rather than as stand-alone events. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591141020
SKU
V9781591141020
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Joseph Callo
Rear Admiral Joseph Callo, USNR (Ret.), was Naval History magazine’s 1998 Author of the Year, and has written three books about Admiral Lord Nelson, including Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words and Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges. He was the U.S. editor for “Who’s Who” in Naval History magazine, and regularly writes on maritime subjects ... Read more
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