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PART II
OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE

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THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX," WHALER 231
SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS 245
I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK 246
II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST 248
III. THE KILLING OF STEPHEN DECATUR 251
IV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES BOWIE 252
V. A FAMOUS CONGRESSIONAL DUEL 254
VI. THE LAST NOTABLE DUEL IN AMERICA 256
THE CRUISE OF THE "TONQUIN" 261
JOHN PAUL JONES 281
I. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY 283
II. JONES FIRST HOISTS THE STARS AND STRIPES 284
III. THE BATTLE WITH THE "SERAPIS" 285
IV. A HERO'S FAMOUS SAYINGS 287
V. WHAT JONES DID FOR HIS COUNTRY 288
VI. WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAME OF JONES 289
VII. A SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 292
VIII. THE JONESES OF NORTH CAROLINA 296
IX. PAUL JONES NEVER A MAN OF WEALTH 297
IN THE CAVERNS OF THE PITT 301
BEING A BOY OUT WEST 315
INDEX 335

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