The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
by Zacks, Richard
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During the age of Napoleon and Lord Nelson, there was an American sideshow, a "covert op" sanctioned by Thomas Jefferson, to try to help stop the Barbary Pirates of North Africa who were hijacking American ships and selling the passengers into slavery. In this compelling historical narrative, author Richard Zacks follows a fanatical American, William Eaton, on his secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli in 1805. For Eaton, a disgraced diplomat on the verge of financial ruin, it was a chance to defy the Barbary Pirates, end humiliating tribute payments and restore national honor. But Jefferson, at the last moment, grew wary of "intermeddling in a foreign government" and he sent Eaton off without money, troops, supplies, and letters of recommendation or even clear orders. Against insane odds, Eaton recruited a band of European mercenaries in Alexandria and led them along with some Arab cavalry and Bedouin fighters on a march across the Libyan Desert to capture the second largest city of Tripoli, only to be subverted when Jefferson arranged a negotiated peace.
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- Title
- The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
- Author
- Zacks, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used: Good
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- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1401300030
- ISBN 13
- 9781401300036
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005-06-01
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