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

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index

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The admiral and the ambassador

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Scott Martelle

one man's obsessive search for the body of John Paul Jones

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"