Captain John Paul Jones: Pirate or Patriot? The American Revolutionary Struggle for Liberty and Republican Natural Rights in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea (1824).

The article focuses on the contrasting portrayals of Captain John Paul Jones in early 19th-century literature, depicting him as either a pirate or a patriot. Topics include the British view of Jones as a rebellious pirate and threat to the Empire, the impact of negative British propaganda and critical American accounts on his reputation, and James Fenimore Cooper's defense of Jones as a republican hero in The Pilot .