Commodore Paul Jones
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in the history of the American Revolutionary War, for focused reading on the figure
- Students and history enthusiasts studying the early history of the American navy
- English learners in need of a free original English historical biography
- Readers who enjoy military biographies and wish to broaden their reading
Not a good fit for
- History researchers expecting rigorous scholarship and extensive footnotes
- General fiction readers with little interest in military and naval subjects
- Readers with weak English skills who need a Chinese history book as an introduction
Reading tips
- Review the timeline of the American Revolutionary War before reading to situate the figure's experiences
- Consult maps of relevant waters and ports to better understand the naval narrative
- Read alongside general histories of the Revolutionary War to form a complete picture
- After each section, briefly note Paul Jones's key experiences and the historical background
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
FAQ
Is this book a novel or a historical biography?
Who was Paul Jones?
Can I read it without a background in naval history?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861–1920) was an American writer known for historical adventure and military fiction, though public information about the details of his life is limited. Twelve of his works are held in this collection, with subjects centered on naval warfare, the Revolutionary War, the colonial Caribbean, and the Indian Wars of North America. Commodore Paul Jones portrays the famous naval commander, Indian Fights and Fighters focuses on soldiers and their clashes with the Sioux, and other tales are set against figures such as Henry Morgan and the Battle of Waterloo. He combined real historical events with fictional characters, writing brisk narratives that emphasize battle scenes and personal courage, with a marked patriotic and inspirational tone that appealed to popular readers in the early twentieth century.
