The Pirate Coast

¸±±êÌâ: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

ISBN: 9781401300036

³ö°æÉç: Hyperion

³ö°æÄê: 2005-06-01

Ò³Êý: 448

¶¨¼Û: USD 25.95

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A real-life thriller from acclaimed historian and author of The Pirate Hunter, Richard Zacks-the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees n an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out in 1805 on a secret mission to over-throw the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, but at the last moment he grew wary of 'intermeddling' in a foreign government, and Eaton set off without proper national support.