John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Armstrong Sperry
- First Published: 1953
- Time of Work: 1747–1792, with emphasis on the 1770’s
- Setting: Scotland, the Caribbean, the United States, France, and Russia
- Principal Characters: John Paul Jones, Joseph Hewes, Esek Hopkins, Jared Folger, Benjamin Franklin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: American Revolution, War, Eighteenth century, Sailing or sailors, Heroes or heroism, Scotland or Scottish people, Warships, Biography, Battles, Navies
- Locales: Caribbean, France, United States, Russia, Scotland
Form and Content
Armstrong Sperry’s John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor is a fictionalized biography of one of the naval heroes of the American Revolution. Sperry himself had served in the United States Navy, hence his interest in this great naval captain. The biography cites the major events in Jones’s life that acted as catalysts for his dislike for the English, but the bulk of John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor focuses upon Jones’s service in the Continental navy during the American Revolution. The author is at his best when he is discussing or describing...
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