Contents

Introduction

1 Jones: A Hero Dies

2 A New President

3 McKinley, Grant, and an Ambassadorship

4 Jones: The Scourge of England

5 The Ambassador Arrives

6 Of War and Heroes

7 Jones: The Fall

8 War in Cuba, Peace in Paris

9 The Missing Grave

10 A Brush with Fame

11 The Search Begins

12 Dreyfus, the Exposition, and Other Distractions

13 An Assassination

14 The Negotiations

15 The Dig and the Discovery

16 The Return of the Hero

17 A Celebration and a Delay

18 Annapolis Celebrates

19 “Stowed Away Like Old Lumber”

A Note on Sourcing and Some Thanks

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index