Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy

Pike & Cutlass by George Gibbs is a collection of heroic tales by dashing United States naval officers. Excerpt: "PAGE The Effrontery of Paul Jones 7 HIS FIGHT WITH THE "DRAKE" AND DESCENT ON WHITEHAVEN A Struggle to the Death 24 PAUL JONES'S FIGHT WITH THE "SERAPIS" The Terrier and the Mastiff 34 NICHOLAS BIDDLE'S WONDERFUL FIGHT Decatur and the "Philadelphia" 46 The Biggest Little Fight in Naval History 56 DECATUR AND THE TRIPOLITAN GUNBOATS A Double Encounter."