Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

272 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous fast-paced
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When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary Coast routinely captured American merchant ships and held the sailors as slaves, demanding r...

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