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John Paul Jones

father of the U.S. Navy
2000
A biography of the well-known naval leader, John Paul Jones, from his birth in Scotland through his participation in the American Revolution to his death in Paris at the age of forty-five.

Six frigates

the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy
2006
The story of the creation of the U.S. Navy that chronicles the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century process that would launch the nation into becoming a powerful naval force.

The first salute

1988
Examines pivotal events of the American Revolution and how Europe was affected by it.

I have not yet begun to fight

a story about John Paul Jones
2004
Describes the life of John Paul Jones, who served in America's navy during the Revolutionary War and is remembered for saying, "I have not yet begun to fight.".

Duel of the ironclads

the Monitor vs. the Virginia
2003
A description of the construction, battles, and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Virginia, known to Union forces as the Monitor and the Merrimack, which focuses on the Battle of Hampton Roads.

Battle of the ironclads

the Monitor and the Merrimack
1993
Text and photographs examine the construction, battles, and technological and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Merrimac.

Hero of the high seas

John Paul Jones and the American Revolution
2006
Presents a biography of John Paul Jones, the great naval hero of the American Revolution.

Attack of the Turtle

a novel
2008
During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

Bushnell's submarine

the best kept secret of the American Revolution
2006
The story of how David Bushnell built the "Turtle," the world's first submarine, for use against British ships during the American Revolutionary War.

The story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie's coin

2004
The story of the H.L. Hunley, the only submarine used during the American Civil War.

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