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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
by Zacks, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1401300030
- ISBN 13
- 9781401300036
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hyperion Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1401300030 . After years of piracy, extortion and kidnapping for ransom and slavery, Tripoli declared war on the US in 1801--it was Jefferson's first major foreign policy challenge--exacerbated when 300 US sailors were captured when their ship ran aground in Tripoli harbor in 1803. End paper maps. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket is in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 432 pages .
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18986
- Title
- The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
- Author
- Zacks, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1401300030
- ISBN 13
- 9781401300036
- Publisher
- Hyperion Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 1401300030, Pirates, Tripolitan War, United States, Barbary Pirates
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