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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life. He then explained how anyone can use these basic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Juvenile
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A classic biography of John Paul Jones for young readers in a new, illustrated edition.
Called a pirate by the British and a patriot by the Americans, John Paul Jones was a brilliant sea captain, a true American hero, and the father of the U.S. Navy. With this classic biography for young readers by Newbery Medal winner Armstrong Sperry, readers will imagine themselves on deck at the side of the great captain, engaging enemy ships in close combat....
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the well-known naval leader, John Paul Jones, from his birth in Scotland through his participation in the American Revolution to his death in Paris at the age of forty-five.
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