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Author:

Whipple, A. B. C. (Addison Beecher Colvin), 1918-

Title:

To the shores of Tripoli : the birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines / A.B.C. Whipple.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Morrow,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

357 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
United States.--Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.

Notes:

Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-349) and index.

Contents:

pt.1. Thomas Jefferson: Prologue in the desert -- Ransom, tribute, or war? -- Six frigates to fight the Dey -- "Chastise their insolence ..." -- "The Commodoress" -- pt.2. Edward Preble: Disaster on Kaliusa Reef -- Singeing the Bashaw's beard -- Assault by gunboat and fireship -- pt.3. William Eaton: A foreign legion of marines and mercenaries -- Rendezvous at Bomba -- Betrayal at Derna -- pt.4. The price of peace: A presidential change of mind -- "Treason against the character of the nation"

ISBN:

0688087817 (acid-free paper)
9780688087814 (acid-free paper)
9780688087814 (acid-free paper) :
0688087817 (acid-free paper) :

LCCN:

90022522

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

ZSPC475 -- Stubbs Memorial Library (Holstein)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)