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Twelve naval captains : being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal / by Molly Elliot Seawell.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1899 Seawell
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- United States.
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
- Jones, John Paul.
- Dale, Richard, 1756-1826.
- Dale, Richard.
- Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822.
- Truxtun, Thomas.
- Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833.
- Bainbridge, William.
- Preble, Edward, 1761-1807.
- Preble, Edward.
- Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820.
- Decatur, Stephen.
- Somers, Richard, -1804.
- Somers, Richard.
- Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843.
- Hull, Isaac.
- Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869.
- Stewart, Charles.
- Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819.
- Perry, Oliver Hazard.
- Macdonough, Thomas, 1783-1825.
- Macdonough, Thomas.
- Lawrence, James, 1781-1813.
- Lawrence, James.
- United States. Navy--History--18th century.
- United States. Navy--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Informational works.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1889.
- Physical Description:
- 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 1899, c1897.
- Contents:
- Paul Jones
- Richard Dale
- Thomas Truxtun
- William Bainbridge
- Edward Preble
- Stephen Decatur
- Richard Somers
- Isaac Hull
- Charles Stewart
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Thomas Macdonough
- James Lawrence.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in burgundy cloth, ornate caramel/black outlined scroll work design and naval crest surrounding title stamped plate on front cover.
- Athenaeum's copy bears markings of John Welsk Grammar School and 1st School District, Penn'a.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Bernice & Edward Keebler.
- Athenaeum copy: Newspaper clipping on inside front cover of reader request to editor of "The Bulletin" for a sketch of life of John Paul Jones.
- OCLC:
- 6404323
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