So, was John Paul Jones a hero made by war, or was the war at sea made by Jones?

The final judgment, as ever, lies with history. And Jones, more than most, knew where history gets written. Not in marble halls or courtroom ledgers, but on the open water, where wind and gunpowder do the talking, and names are carved into memory by the pounding of the sea.

John Paul Jones carved his. And it hasn’t washed away.