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| 1 | Percival's Genealogy and Early Years, 1779-1812 | 1 |
| 2 | The War of 1812: 1813-1815 | 11 |
| 3 | Postwar Episodes, 1816-1818: To Colombia in Macedonian, 1816; At the Boston Navy Yard, 1816-1818 | 25 |
| 4 | To the Pacific in Macedonian, 1818-1820; and Back to the Boston Navy Yard, 1820-1823 | 36 |
| 5 | To the Pacific in United States and Dolphin; and the Globe Mutiny, 1824-1826 | 55 |
| 6 | Dolphin's Sojourn in Hawaii; and Home in United States, 1826-1827 | 66 |
| 7 | Judicial Ordeals in Boston; and Aftermath, 1827-1829 | 79 |
| 8 | Cruises to the Caribbean in Porpoise; and to Lower South America in Erie; Amid Assignments at the Boston Navy Yard, 1829-1838 | 98 |
| 9 | To the Mediterranean in Cyane, 1838-1840 | 123 |
| 10 | Striving for and Preparing Constitution for Her Only Around-the-World Cruise, 1840-1844 | 132 |
| 11 | Constitution's Around-the-World Cruise, 1844-1846: Percival as Captain and His Relations with His Officers and Men, 1844-1846; and New York City through Borneo, May 1844-April 1845 | 141 |
| 12 | Constitution's Around-the-World Cruise, 1844-1846: Precedent - Percival and the First U.S. Armed Intervention in Vietnam, 10-26 May 1845 | 167 |
| 13 | Constitution's Around-the-World Cruise, 1844-1846: China to Boston, June 1845-September 1846 | 185 |
| 14 | Forced Retirement and Old Age, 1846-1862 | 201 |
| 15 | Percival: The Naval Officer and the Man | 219 |
| Bibliographical Essay | 243 | |
| Index | 249 |
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Michael Osborne
reviewed Mad Jack The Biography of Captain John Percival, Usn, 1779-1862 on November 20, 2016
Mad Jack The Biography of Captain John Percival
Fascinating story of the rise of a young poor girl from St Louis who became the toast of Paris and the rest of Europe, meeting heads of state and royalty. She spied successfully for the French in North Africa during WW2, married four times and bought a chateau which she tried to turn into a centre of brotherhood, adopting 12 children from all over the world to form the core. As her fame grew, so did her ambitions and her money diminished. She grew desperate to raise more funds "to feed my children" whilst still living the life of the grande dame leaving debts in her wake. I began by admiring her climb to fame but she used people appalingly, including her husbands and people soon grew suspicious of her motives. She was an extremely interesting woman who could have done so much more if she'd just stopped to take the advice of those closest to her.
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