Life of John Paul Jones

by John S.C. Abbott

Book Overview

"I commenced writing the Life of Paul Jones with the impression, received from early reading, that he was a reckless adventurer, incapable of fear, whose chief merit consisted in performing deeds of desperate daring. But I rise from this careful examination of what he has written, said, and done, with the conviction that I had misjudged his character. I now regard him as one of the purest and most enlightenend of patriots, and one of the noblest of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1429021179
• ISBN13: 9781429021173
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"