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FAMOUS AMERICANS

For Young Readers

THE STORY OF
JOHN PAUL JONES

BY CHELSEA C. FRASER

BARSE & HOPKINS
NEW YORK    NEWARK
  N.Y.            N.J.

Copyright, 1922
BY BARSE & HOPKINS

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

PREFACE

For a corking tale of the sea it would be hard to find in all fiction astory to equal that of John Paul Jones, a figure of sober history. Yethistory was not so "sober" after all, in those days when piracy was anactual fact, and even nations at times winked at privateering on thehigh seas. Jones was born with a love of the salt spray in his nostrils.He came to this country as a mere lad, but already a skilled sailor.When the Revolution broke out, he obtained command of a ship, and wasthe first to fly the Stars-and-Stripes in foreign waters. Then came hisdeeds of daring against the British Navy, and his repeated victoriesover tremendous odds. The fight between the Bon Homme Richard and theSerapis is a classic. "Surrender?" he cried with most of his riggingshot away, and his vessel sinking, "Why, I have just begun to fight!"

Belated honors were done to his memory, a few years ago, when his bodywas brought home from a neglected grave in France, and reinterred atAnnapolis with all the honors in the gift of the nation. When thereaders young and old lay aside this thrilling story, they also willunderstand why America honors his memory. He may be regarded as thefounder of the United States Navy. His flag, whether flying at themasthead of some saucy little sloop-of-war or on a more formidable shipof the line, never knew what it was to be hauled down in defeat. Hisname has become a tradition among all sea fighters.

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