The admiral and the ambassador : one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones
2014
923.573 J77masc 2014 MB
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Title
The admiral and the ambassador : one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones
Published
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2014.
Description
x, 310 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
923.573 J77masc 2014 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)862098936
Note
Details Porter's quest to find the cemetery in which Jones was likely buried.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301) and index.
Contents: Jones: a hero dies -- A new president -- McKinley, Grant, and an ambassadorship -- Jones: the scourge of England -- The ambassador arrives -- Of war and heroes -- Jones: the fall -- War in Cuba, peace in Paris -- The missing grave -- A brush with fame -- The search begins -- Dreyfus, the exposition, and other distractions -- An assassination -- The negotiations -- The dig and the discovery -- The return of the hero -- A celebration and a delay -- Annapolis celebrates -- "Stowed away like old lumber".
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301) and index.
Contents: Jones: a hero dies -- A new president -- McKinley, Grant, and an ambassadorship -- Jones: the scourge of England -- The ambassador arrives -- Of war and heroes -- Jones: the fall -- War in Cuba, peace in Paris -- The missing grave -- A brush with fame -- The search begins -- Dreyfus, the exposition, and other distractions -- An assassination -- The negotiations -- The dig and the discovery -- The return of the hero -- A celebration and a delay -- Annapolis celebrates -- "Stowed away like old lumber".
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