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12%OFFFrank Walker - John Paul Jones - 9781862273757 - V9781862273757
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John Paul Jones

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Description for John Paul Jones Hardcover. A biography of John Paul Jones Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.

An associate of Benjamin Franklin and hero of the American War of Independence, John Paul Jones was the first captain to sail an American warship under an American flag and was instrumental in the creation of a coordinated naval force for the new republic. Across the Atlantic, the Scotch Renegade has a far less enviable reputation, being most commonly remembered as a privateer and villain due to his daring raids on British ports.

Frank Walker charts the career of this rugged individualist, from his beginnings as a young naval apprentice in the Scottish port of Whitehaven and initial voyages aboard slave ... Read more

125 years after his death, his body was exhumed from an obscure grave in Paris and at the behest of Theodore Rooosevelt placed in an extravagantly decorated sarcophagus at Annapolis. Interrogating numerous contemporary sources, this book gives an accurate and balanced account of the life of this controversial and fascinating character.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862273757
SKU
V9781862273757
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