Index for the Project Gutenberg Series "American Pioneers and Patriots"

CHAPTER I.

Chapter 14555 wordsPublic domain

PAGE The Early Life of John Paul Jones.

His Birth and Childhood.-Residence and Employments in Scotland.-His Studious Habits.-First Voyage to America.-Engaged in the Slave Trade.-Reasons for Abandoning it.-False Charges against him.-His Sensitiveness to Obloquy.-Espouses the Cause of the Colonies.-Developments of Character.-Extracts from his Letters. 9