Narrative of the adventures of an American navy officer, who served during part of the American Revolution under the command of Com. John Paul Jones, Esq. : Copy-right secured.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fanning, Nathaniel, 1755-1805.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10385.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.

Jones, John Paul.

Pearson, Richard, 1731-1806.

Pearson, Richard.

Dale, Richard, 1756-1826.

Dale, Richard.

Privateering.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.

Sea control.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Memoirs.

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed for the author., 1806.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

By Nathaniel Fanning. The Dictionary of American biography entry for Fanning states that this work "was published anonymously in 1806, probably by his brother Edmund."

Error in paging: p. 239, 257 misnumbered 139, 157.

Interspersed in the narrative are: Biographical sketch of the life and character of John Paul Jones, Esq. (p. [105]-119); A short sketch of the character of Captain Parsons, who commanded the Serapis, at the time of her engagement with the Bon Homme Richard ... (p. [121]-122); A short sketch of the character of Richard Dale, Esq. (p. [123]-124.); and History of Cecillia, a true story founded on fact (p. 151-167).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10385).

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