Pirate Patriot
Every officer in our navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones,&#; declared President Theodore Roosevelt. As part of his plan to fashion the United States into a world maritime power, T.R. needed a hero for his new navy. He found, or rather, resurrected, such a hero in the Continental Navy&#;s John Paul Jones. And so the body of the man known to the British as the &#;Pirate Paul Jones&#; was brought from Paris, where it had lain since his lonely death there in , to the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, where Jones&#;s body was placed in a marble sarcophagus modeled on Napoleon&#;s own tomb. Thus was laid to rest the man Thomas Jefferson once described as &#;the principal hope of America&#;s future efforts on the ocean.&#;
In his John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy, Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor at Newsweek and author of, among other works, Robert Kennedy: His Life, gives us a John Paul Jones whose daring and martial prowess were probably unsurpassed by any who fought for the American cause, at sea or on land (Benedict Arnold excepted). For Thomas, Jones was underappreciated in life and over-mythologized in de
The Real Immortal Words of John Paul Jones
Please tell me if Continental Navy Captain John Paul Jones was as tough as folklore makes out. I’ve read that he did not really shout “I have not yet begun to fight!” during his famous sea battle, and that he probably said something else. What did Jones really say? Sincerely, Pondering JPJ
John Paul Jones definitely shouted something gutsy and defiant at Royal Navy Captain Richard Pearson during the battle with H.M.S. Serapis, but there are many different versions of his phrasing. But no matter what Jones said, the circumstance and spirit of his famous retort is probably more meaningful.
Make no mistake; John Paul Jones was an absolute nautical bad ass, as his early life and career indicates. He was born John Paul in in Kirkbean, Scotland, the son of an estate gardener. Instead of following his father into hedges, young John Paul went to sea as an apprentice mariner at the age of By 21 he was captaining ships. In he came to Virginia on the lam, having ducked away from a potential trial on the island of Tobago for stabbing and killing the ringleader of a brewing mutiny on his ship. The stabbing was in self-defense, more or less, but
The Women of John Paul Jones by James Bliss J.D
THE WOMEN OF JOHN PAUL JONES
By: James Bliss, J.D.
When Abigail Adams met John Paul Jones in Paris in , she found him to be more novel than she had envisioned. Writing to her sister, Betsy, later that year, she offered;
“Chevalier Jones you have heard much of. He is a most uncommon character. I dare say anyone would be as much disappointed in him as I was. From the intrepid character he justly supported in the American Navy, I expected to have seen a rough stout warlike Roman. Instead of that, I should sooner think of wrapping him up in cotton wool and putting him in my pocket, then sending him to contend with cannon ball.”
Abigail, impressed with his effortless ability to captivate the ladies in the most elite social circles of Paris, and his undying love for America and brave accomplishments against the enemy, would often speak highly of him.
Around that same period, an English gossip columnist named Caroline Edes, found John Paul’s love life of great interest to her readers. On one occasion, she wrote for a London newspaper from France, “He is greatly admired here, especially by the ladies, who are all wild for the lo
On The Yard
The story of Captain John Paul Jones is one for the ages. In this two-part series, we’ll be highlighting his early life and his life in the American Revolution. Once considered a British pirate, he jumped ship to escape a deadly mistake and dangerous trial and joined the fledgling American Continental Navy—then later served for a time with the Russian Navy. Hailed as an American Revolutionary hero by the U.S., it was Captain Jones’ valor and determination against the British in the North Sea that ultimately earned him this lasting moniker—and a sacred resting place at USNA.
A Man of Many Names—and Titles
Born John Paul on July 6, in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright, Scotland to John Paul and Jean Duff, he was the fourth of seven children. His father worked as the head gardener on the estate of Arbigland, but Paul’s family still struggled with poverty. As a young boy, Paul was attracted to the Port of Carsethorn, where he would talk with the sailors there and act out small naval battles with friends, issuing orders like a miniature captain.
He started his actual naval career early, apprenticing with Scottish merchant shipper John Younger at the te
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