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good book with fast pace action, “I watched John Paul Jones flash like a flaming meteor across the dark days of our struggle for independence.
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When Tom Folgers father is lost during a whaling expedition, the young Nantucketer is forced to put aside thoughts of his printers apprenticeship to support his mother.


In keeping with the familys seafaring tradition, he joins a whalers crew and sets out on his first cruise, but an encounter with a bull sperm whale changes everything.


Not only does Tom find himself promoted third mate, a position not without its difficulties, but it leads to a chance encounter with the enigmatic Captain Paul.


An exslaver and merchantman, the fugitive Scottish buccaneers path becomes entwined with that of Tom, With conflict brewing the two join the fledgling Continental Navy,

Through trials and tribulations, politicking and treachery, Tom sails with Captain Paul from Nassau to France and on into the home waters of the feared Royal Navy.


As the Revolutionary War rages on, a legend will be born,

With echoes of Moby Dick and Hornblower, Captain

Paul is an enthralling fictional biography of John Paul Jones that vividly brings to life the brotherhood of the sea.



Edward Ellsbergwas a United States Navy officer, serving fromand again from, Retiring as a Rear Admiral, he had specialised in marine salvage and engineering, First taking up his pen in the interwar years, he became a popular author of naval fiction and nonfiction.
A fictional character tags along with John Paul Jones as he serves the nascent American navy during the Revolutionary War.
This is why I enjoy historical fiction so much, You can learn history and enjoy a great novel at the same time, Edward Ellsberggraduated first in his class from the United States Naval Academy in, After he did a stint aboard the USS Texas, the navy sent Ellsberg to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for postgraduate training in naval architecture.
In, he played a key role in the salvage of the sunken submarine USS Sand became the first naval officer to qualify as a deep sea diver.
Ellsberg later received the Distinguished Service Medal for his innovations and hard work, Rear Admiral Ellsberg was awarded the C, B. E. by His Majesty King George VI, and two Legions of Merit by the United States Government, .