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Mabel Borton Beebe. Four American Naval Heroes
Four American Naval Heroes
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE STORY OF. PAUL JONES
THE STORY OF PAUL JONES
I.—The Little Scotch Lad
II.—The Young Sailor
III.—The Beginning of the American Revolution
IV.—Lieutenant Paul Jones
V.—The Cruise of the Alfred
VI.—Captain Paul Jones
VII.—The Cruise of the Ranger
VIII.—The Ranger and the Drake
IX.—The Bon Homme Richard
X.—The Great Fight with the Serapis
XI.—Honor to the Hero
XII.—The Return to America
XIII.—Ambitious Hopes
XIV.—Sad Disappointments
THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
I.—How the Perry Family Came to Rhode Island
II.—School Days
III.—Plans for the Future
IV.—The Cruise in the West Indies
V.—The War with the Barbary States
VI.—More Trouble with England
VII.—War on the Canadian Border
VIII.—Oliver Perry Builds a Fleet
IX.—"We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours."
X.—What Perry's Victory Accomplished
XI.—On the Mediterranean Again
XII.—Captain Perry's Last Cruise
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
I.—Childhood
II.—The Little Midshipman
III.—The Loss of the Essex
IV.—The Trip on the Mediterranean
V.—War with the Pirates
VI.—From Lieutenant to Captain
VII.—The Question of Allegiance
VIII.—The Capture of New Orleans
IX.—The Battle of Mobile Bay
X.—Well-earned Laurels
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898
FOREWORD
CAUSES OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898
I.—The Battle of Manila
II.—The Boyhood of George Dewey
III.—Dewey as a Naval Cadet
IV.—From Lieutenant to Commodore
V.—The American Navy in Cuban Waters
VI.—The Cruise of the Oregon
VII.—Lieutenant Hobson and the Merrimac
VIII.—The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet
IX.—The End of the War
X.—Life on an American Man-of-War
XI.—Some Facts about the Navy of 1898
