Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:SentinelISBN-13:9780143129431ISBN-10:143129430UPC:9780143129431Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United States, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC9D2TGADE
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary Coast routinely captured American merchant ships and held the sailors as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford.
For fifteen years, America had tried to work with the four Muslim powers...Language:EnglishPublisher:SentinelISBN-13:9780143129431ISBN-10:143129430UPC:9780143129431Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United States, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC9D2TGADE
BRIAN KILMEADE and DON YAEGER are the coauthors of George Washington's Secret Six, a New York Times bestseller for more than five months. Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel's morning show Fox & Friends and hosts the daily national radio show The Brian Kilmeade Show. He lives on Long Island. This is his fourth book. Yaeger has written or cowritten twenty-four books and lives in Florida.
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