Release Date:- 2015-11-03
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āAnother 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.ā āBrad Thor
This is the little-known story of how a newly indepenĀdent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when Americaās 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 Africaās Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new counĀtry 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 jusĀtified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercyāat 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. Navyās new warships and a detachment of Marines to blockade Tripoliālaunching the Barbary Wars and beginning Americaās journey toward future superpower status.
As they did in their previous bestseller, George Washingtonās 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 susĀpenseful episodes:
Ā·Lieutenant Andrew Sterettās ferocious cannon battle on the high seas against the treacherous pirate ship Tripoli.
Ā·Lieutenant Stephen Decaturās daring night raid of an enemy harbor, with the aim of destroying an American ship that had fallen into the piratesā hands.
Ā·General William Eatonās 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: āFrom the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli, we fight our countryās battles in the air, on land and sea.ā Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates recaptures this forgotĀten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.