Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

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Chapter XVII

A STIRRING YEAR. - THE BOMBARDMENT OF TRIPOLI. - DECATUR'S HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT. LIEUT. TRIPPE'S BRAVERY. - LIEUT. SPENCE'S BOLD DEED. - SOMERS'S NARROW ESCAPE. - THE FLOATING MINE. - THE FATAL EXPLOSION. - CLOSE OF

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Chapter XVII

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