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Thomas Ap Catesby Jones : commodore of Manifest Destiny /

This study by historian Gene A. Smith not only chronicles important events in Jones's life but also explores how those events helped shape the character and backbone of the navy during its formative years. The book describes Jones's early career fighting smugglers, pirates, slave traders,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Gene Allen, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2000.
Series:Library of naval biography.
Subjects:
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, > 1790-1858.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
United States > History, Naval > To 1900.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire navale > Jusqu'à 1900.
Capitaines de navire > États-Unis > Biographies.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, > 1790-1858
United States. > Navy
Armed Forces > Officers
Ship captains
Territorial expansion
United States
To 1900
Biography.
History
Biographies
Naval history
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Improving yourself in your profession
  • This inactive, forlorn station
  • Awaiting an arduous duty
  • The kind-eyed chief
  • The die is cast
  • The hero of Monterey
  • Jones overstepped his authority
  • The decision is final
  • Precious in the sight of the Lord.