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| Publication | 1958 | Price: 0.00 FREE | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Daring and Diplomacy That Built a Great Nation and Navy |
| Credits | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Esek Hopkins; John Barry; Lambert Wickes; John Paul Jones |
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| Illustration | Naval Arms 1772-1782 (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Military |
| Notes | On inside front cover. Review of naval arms during the American Revolution. |
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| Comic Story | Machias Maine 1775 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | As Revolution breaks out, Jeremiah O'Brien leads men to jury-rig a fighting ship, and ambush an incoming British vessel. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Jeremiah O'Brien; Maine sailors; British sailors |
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| Comic Story | Schooner Hannah 1776 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | George Washington outfits a handful of raiding vessels. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: John Manley; sailors |
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| Comic Story | Esek Hopkins Squadron (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hopkins leads a raid on British forts in Nassau. He is largely successful, but uncertainty and inexperience make the success smaller than it might have been. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: Esek Hopkins; Jog Paul Jones; American sailors; British troops |
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| Comic Story | Lambert Wickes (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Wickes carries Ambassador Franklin to France, then begins commerce raiding around the British Isles. His success causes panic and forces insurance rates higher, but on the return trip he and his ship are lost in a storm. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Military | Characters: Lambert Wickes; Benjamin Franklin; American sailors; Captain Newman; Lloyd's underwriters |
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| Comic Story | John Paul Jones (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Paul Jones successfully conducts aggressive naval warfare. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Military | Characters: John Paul Jones; American sailors; British sailors; American marines |
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| Comic Story | John Barry (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Even though wounded, Barry fights and captures two British ships at once. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Military | Characters: John Barry; mutineers; American sailors |
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| Comic Story | Revolutionary Inventions (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bushnell's technological innovations (submarines and floating mines) fail of their purpose, but offer great promise for the future. |
| Credits | Script: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Military | Characters: David Bushnell; Sergeant Ezra Lee; local yokels |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Illustration | Voyages of America's First Naval Heroes (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Stokes Walesby | Inks: Stokes Walesby |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Map on back cover. |
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