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PART II
OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE
ОглавлениеTHE 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 |