John Paul Jones - Lorenz, Estate Of Lincoln
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This is the true life story of a Scottish gardener's son, John Paul, who became America's greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, traveling actor, merchant captain, and 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 forty-five, neglected by his adopted United States, his very grave lost for a hundred years--that was John Paul Jones.…mehr

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This is the true life story of a Scottish gardener's son, John Paul, who became America's greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones. British midshipman, African slaver, traveling actor, merchant captain, and 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 forty-five, neglected by his adopted United States, his very grave lost for a hundred years--that was John Paul Jones.
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The late Dr. Lincoln Lorenz was an historian who artistically combined authentic biography with great literary skill. He was also the author of The Life of Sidney Lanier, 1935.