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The admiral and the ambassador : one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones Scott Martelle
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 207 .J7 M23 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martelle, Scott, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792--Death and burial.
- Jones, John Paul.
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792--Tomb.
- Porter, Horace, 1837-1921.
- Porter, Horace.
- Physical Description:
- x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Jones: a hero dies
- A new president
- McKinley, Grant, and an ambassadorship
- Jones: the scourge of England
- The ambassador arrives
- Of war and heroes
- Jones: the fall
- War in Cuba, peace in Paris
- The missing grave
- A brush with fame
- The search begins
- Dreyfus, the exposition, and other distractions
- An assassination
- The negotiations
- The dig and the discovery
- The return of the hero
- A celebration and a delay
- Annapolis celebrates
- "Stowed away like old lumber".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781613747308
- 1613747306
- OCLC:
- 862098936
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