About the Book  Excerpts
Excerpts from:
The John Paul Jones story: I Have Not Yet
Begun To Fight
Jones sailed across the Irish Sea. He was still seeking a large
bounty to take back to France as a prize. A strange, surreal-event
happened
as he calmly sailed into the harbor at Belfast, Ireland. Just a
short distance away at anchor, was the man-o-war, H.M.S. Drake.
The Drake
was about to set sail. The captain of the Drake curious about the
unknown ship, sent an investigation party over to the Ranger. Jones
was incognito. He was wile. His ruse worked. The British sailors
were promptly made prisoners of war and sent down into the hull
of the ship. The Ranger started to make her way out to sea. She
struck
the colors of the United States. The Drake quickly followed.
Excerpts from:
The George Rogers Clark story: Conqueror of the
Old Northwest
Major Clark and his men were slowly advancing towards Vincennes.
The early thaw had flooded most of the land. The Americans were
wading in waist and sometimes shoulder-high-water, for three
days. Many
of the men were becoming weak and ill! They were suffering badly.
However, they persevered.
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