| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Introduction | 3 |
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| THE STORY OF PAUL JONES |
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| I. | The Little Scotch Lad. | 17 |
| II. | The Young Sailor. | 20 |
| III. | The Beginning of the American Revolution. | 23 |
| IV. | Lieutenant Paul Jones. | 26 |
| V. | The Cruise of the Alfred. | 29 |
| VI. | Captain Paul Jones. | 32 |
| VII. | The Cruise of the Ranger. | 35 |
| VIII. | The Ranger and the Drake. | 41 |
| IX. | The Bon Homme Richard. | 45 |
| X. | The Great Fight with the Serapis. | 49 |
| XI. | Honor to the Hero. | 57 |
| XII. | The Return to America. | 61 |
| XIII. | Ambitious Hopes. | 63 |
| XIV. | Sad Disappointments. | 66 |
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| THE STORY OF OLIVER H. PERRY |
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| I. | How the Perry Family Came to Rhode Island. | 71 |
| II. | School Days. | 75 |
| III. | Plans for the Future. | 81 |
| IV. | The Cruise in the West Indies. | 83 |
| V. | The War with the Barbary States. | 87 |
| VI. | More Trouble with England. | 94 |
| VII. | War on the Canadian Border. | 100 |
| VIII. | Oliver Perry Builds a Fleet. | 105 |
| IX. | "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours." | 110 |
| X. | What Perry's Victory Accomplished. | 117 |
| XI. | On the Mediterranean again. | 122 |
| XII. | Captain Perry's Last Cruise. | 126 |
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| THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT |
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| I. | Childhood. | 133 |
| II. | The Little Midshipman. | 138 |
| III. | The Loss of the Essex. | 144 |
| IV. | The Trip on the Mediterranean. | 147 |
| V. | War with the Pirates. | 150 |
