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.