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

Author: Zacks, Richard, author.

Physical Description:viii, 432 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill, maps ; 25 cm.

Note:Describes the 1805 secret mission, reluctantly sanctioned by Thomas Jefferson and led by William Eaton, to stop the Barbary pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, revealing how a ragtag group of men, aided by a band of European mercenaries, Arab cavalry, and Bedouin warriors, brought down the government of Tripoli.

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