CONTENTS
Mabel Borton Beebe
CHAPTER
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Introduction
3
THE STORY OF PAUL JONES
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
THE STORY OF OLIVER H. PERRY
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
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
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
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