The pirate coast : Thomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805
Title:
The pirate coast : Thomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805
Author:
Zacks, Richard.
ISBN:
9781401300036
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Hyperion, c2005.
Physical Description:
viii, 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill, maps ; 25 cm.
Abstract:
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.
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