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The admiral and the ambassador : one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones / Scott Martelle

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  • The admiral and the ambassador : one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones / Scott Martelle
  • Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press [2014]
  • 1 vol. (x, 310 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • 9781613747308
  • 973.3/5092 23
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index
  • 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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