The shores of Tripoli : Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary pirates
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- ISBN: 039917110X
- ISBN: 9780399171109
- Physical Description 448 pages : illustrations
- Publisher New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016
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General Note: | Maps on endpapers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 37.00 |
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The Shores of Tripoli : Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
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The Shores of Tripoli : Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat of piracy, as American civilians are regularly kidnapped by brigands and held for ransom, enslaved, or killed. Young Bliven Putnam is bound for the Mediterranean and a desperate battle with the pirate ship Tripoli. He later returns under legendary Commodore Edward Preble and marches across the Libyan desert with General Eaton to assault Derna, discovering the lessons he learns about war, and life, are not what he expected.