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Author:

Kilmeade, Brian, author.

Title:

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates : the forgotten war that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.

Publisher:

Sentinel,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xviii, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Yaeger, Don, author.

Notes:

"Now with a new afterword: How the captivity of American sailors planted the seeds of America's antislavery movements." Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.

Summary:

This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation.

ISBN:

0143129430
9780143129431

Locations:

ZIPA815 -- Auburn Public Library (Auburn) — 973.46

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

NCPC953 -- Buffalo Center Public Library (Buffalo Center)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

BSPB851 -- Colo Public Library (Colo)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

SLPC094 -- Tripoli Public Library (Tripoli)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)