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Author:

Zacks, Richard.

Title:

The pirate coast : Thomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805 / Richard Zacks.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xi, 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill, maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826.
Pirates--Africa, North--History--19th century.
United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
United States--Underground movements.--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805--Underground movements.
United States--Naval operations.--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805--Naval operations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-421) and index.

Summary:

In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out in 1805 on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, but at the last moment he grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government, and Eaton set off without national support. Short on supplies, given very little money and only a few men, Eaton's mission seemed doomed from the start. But he improbably triumphed, recruiting a band of European mercenaries in Alexandria, along with some Arab cavalry and Bedouin fighters, and leading them on a march across the Libyan Desert. The success of the event is immortalized in the Marines' Hymn, but Jefferson never allowed Eaton the fame he craved.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9781401300036
1401300030

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56922429

LCCN:

2004060635

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