True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 44
omme Richard,which is French for good man Richard. The Bon HommeRichard was not a good boat, if it was a big one. It was oldand rotten and cranky, but Captain Jones made the best of it. The little fleet sailed up and down the English coasts, cap-turing a few prizes, and greatly frightening the… … JOHES MEH ASHORE—WHITEHAVEN upon a great English fleet of forty merchant vessels and twowar ships. One of the war ships was a great English frigate, calledthe Serapis, finer and stronger every way than the BonHomme Richard. But Captain Jones would not run away. What ship is that ? called out the…
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