LEADER 00000nim 2200541 i 4500 005 20180628162250.0 006 m o h u 007 cr nna---uuuuu 007 sz zunnnnnzned 008 160210s2015 nyunnnn o h n eng d 020 9781101926734 :|c$47.50 020 1101926732 :|c$47.50 035 (OCoLC)1002088578 037 0017549679|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 069 01417357 082 04 973.4/7 082 04 973.4/7|223 099 eAudiobook Boundless 100 1 Kilmeade, Brian,|eauthor,|enarrator. 245 10 Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates /|cDon Yaeger. |h[Boundless electronic resource] 250 Unabridged. 264 1 New York, NY :|bPenguin Audio,|c[2015] 300 1 online resource (1 audio file) 306 050000 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|2rda 347 audio file|bCD audio|2rda 500 Downloadable audio file. 511 0 Read by Brian Kilmeade. 520 "Another blockbuster! Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No one captures the danger, intrigue, and drama of the American Revolution and its aftermath like Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger."?Brad Thor This is the little-known story of how a newly indepen?dent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new coun?try could afford. Over the previous fifteen years, as a diplomat and then as secretary of state, Jefferson had tried to work with the Barbary states (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco). Unfortunately, he found it impossible to negotiate with people who believed their religion jus?tified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy?at least not while easy money could be made by extorting the Western powers. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of Marines to blockade Tripoli?launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status. As they did in their previous bestseller, George Washington's Secret Six, Kilmeade and Yaeger have transformed a nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next. Among the many sus?penseful episodes: ·Lieutenant Andrew Sterett's ferocious cannon battle on the high seas against the treacherous pirate ship Tripoli . ·Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's daring night raid of an enemy harbor, with the aim of destroying an American ship that had fallen into the pirates' hands. ·General William Eaton's unprecedented five-hundred-mile land march from Egypt to the port of Derne, where the Marines launched a surprise attack and an American flag was raised in victory on foreign soil for the first time. Few today remember these men and other heroes who inspired the Marine Corps hymn: "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli, we fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea." Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates recaptures this forgot?ten war that changed American history with a real- life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas. From the Hardcover edition. 520 Traces the events of a nearly-forgotten war between the United States and the pirates of North Africa's Barbary coast, who routinely captured American merchant ships and held their crews for ransom. 526 0 Accelerated Reader AR|bMG+|c9.1|d10|z189096 538 Requires Boundless App. 588 Description based on original audiobook record. 600 10 Jefferson, Thomas,|d1743-1826. 650 0 Pirates|zAfrica, North|xHistory|y19th century. 650 0 Pirates|zMediterranean Region|xHistory|y19th century. 651 0 United States|xHistory|yTripolitan War, 1801-1805. 655 4 Downloadable audio books. 655 7 Audiobooks.|2lcgft 700 1 Yaeger, Don,|eauthor. 776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aKilmeade, Brian.|tThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates|dNew York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2015]|z9781611764826 |w(NjBwBT)bl2015044453|w(OCoLC)900795074 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0017549679|zFound on Boundless