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Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher
GOOD MORK OF THE ГEKIPEHOЙ VED DHE K VAD LEE EDMVED NOCROYD REVAE LICHI ГO3OB БHE ДYИKKE, HEBO YЗИЛM TBOW CHALJEK / A TЯAЯ CHYLLEK OLERING…
CHAPTER I
5 pages
CHAPTER II
8 pages
CHAPTER III
4 pages
CHAPTER IV
11 pages
CHAPTER V
11 pages
CHAPTER VI
THE CAREER OF PAUL JONES. - IN COMMAND OF THE "PROVIDENCE." - CAPTURE OF THE "MELLISH." - EXPLOITS WITH THE "ALFRED." - IN COMMAND OF THE…
CHAPTER VII
11 pages
CHAPTER VIII
6 pages
CHAPTER IX
11 pages
CHAPTER X
14 pages
CHAPTER XI
3 pages
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Highlights
Cutting Away the Flag
to the scene of action; and again the sailor-boy becomes the hero of the moment. With his pockets filled with cleats, and his…
Up at Nookaheevah
W HILE the events related in the two preceding chapters were occurring along the American coast, a few gallant vessels were…
The Peruvian Privateer
Peruvian privateer "Nereyda" of fifteen guns, and she had captured two American whalers, whose crews were even then in the hold…
Chapter III (V)
N OT many months had elapsed after the close of the war between ☑ the United States and France, when the pride of the nation in…
Leith Threatened. - the Dominie's Prayer
W HEN Paul Jones arrived at Brest, bringing the captured Drake, he found the situation of affairs materially altered. France had…
In the Storm. - Arrival in America
FTER this adventure, the three vessels continued their cruise along the eastern coast of Scotland. Continued good fortune, in the…