John Paul Jones in Popular Culture
Jones was portrayed by actor Robert Stack in the 1959 Hollywood film John Paul Jones, directed by John Farrow.
Nicholas Nicastro wrote two historical novels about Jones and his times, The Eighteenth Captain (1999) and Between Two Fires (2002), published by McBooks Press.
The John Paul Jones Junior High School in Philadelphia was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The story of Jones's attack on Whitehaven Harbour features in Dan Chapman's 2012 novel 'Looking for Lucy'.
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