Edward Sylvester Ellis
Dewey and Other Naval Commanders
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664642738
Table of Contents
THE BIRTH AND BOYHOOD OF GEORGE DEWEY.
DEWEY IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
One of the Most Memorable Sea Fights Ever Known—The Wonderful Exploit of Captain Paul Jones.
The Bomb Ketch—A Terrible Missile—Frightful Catastrophe—Diplomacy in Place of War—Peace.
Jacob Jones—The Wasp and the Frolic —James Biddle—The Hornet and the Penguin —A Narrow Escape.
Piracy in the West Indies—Its Cause—Means by Which It Was Wiped Out—Piracy in the Mediterranean.