Title Sailing under John Paul Jones : the memoir of Continental Navy midshipman Nathaniel Fanning, 1778-1783 / Nathaniel Fanning ; edited by Louis Arthur Norton.

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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	BIOG. FANNING, N.	Storage
Simsbury Public Library - Biographies	BIOG FANNING, NATHANIEL	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	973.35 FANNING	Check Shelf

Description	viii, 171 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.
Summary	"Connecticut privateer Nathaniel Fanning (1755-1805) was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. Upon his release, he joined the Continental Navy and sailed as a midshipman under Admiral John Paul Jones during his most famous battles. Fanning later obtained his own command, sailing from French ports to prey upon British warships. This new edition of Fanning's memoir-first published in 1806-provides a vivid account of wartime peril and hardship at sea, and a first-hand character study of Jones as an apparent tyrant and narcissist. Vocabulary, spelling and narrative style have changed in the more than two centuries since Fanning's chronicle, and some details clash with historical and geographical data. The editor has updated and annotated the text for modern readers."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.
	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.
	Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
	Privateering -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. (OCoLC)fst00014040
	Military operations, Naval. (OCoLC)fst01710244
	Privateering. (OCoLC)fst01077643
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
	Autobiographies.
	Personal narratives.
Added Author	Norton, Louis A., editor.
Added Title	Fanning's narrative.
	Memoir of Continental Navy midshipman Nathaniel Fanning, 1778-1783
ISBN	9781476679600 (paperback)
	1476679606 (paperback)
	9781476637549 (electronic book)

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