The Story of John Paul Jones

Young Folks Colonial Library #5

by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

This biography of John Paul Jones is geared toward a young audience and includes various line drawing illustrations. Though the details are not as extensive as the scholarly biographies, an entire chapter is dedicated to the battle between Bonhomme Richard and HMS Serapis.

67 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) was an American author. His first known work, The Goldenrod Story Book was published in 1906. The bulk of his work, having a Boy Scouting theme, revolves around the fictional town of Bridgeboro, New Jersey. Characters included Tom Slade, Pee-wee Harris, Roy Blakely, and Westy Martin. Fitzhugh's Scouting based books were very popular with children and adults. His characters became so real to his readers that it was not uncommon for Percy to receive fan mail addressed to the characters themselves. In the 1930's, he began writing the Hal Keen Mystery Series (10 titles) under the pseudonym Hugh Lloyd. They were followed by another mystery series - Skippy Dare - (3 titles). Neither of these series achieved the popularity of his Scout work.

Reviews

[Ken]

Not nearly as in depth as I would have liked.

[Timothy S.]

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The story of John Paul Jones is a very interesting read about the bold man who put the powerful English army to shame. I really enjoyed the book, but wish it was longer. This is a great story of one of America’s greatest naval heroes.

[Sally]

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