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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Kilmeade, Brian, author, narrator.     Subjects     Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.     Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 19th century.     Pirates -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kilmeade, Brian, author, narrator.       by title:      Thomas Jefferson and...         MARC Display

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates [electronic resource] : the forgotten war that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. by Kilmeade, Brian, author, narrator. [New York] : Penguin Audio, 2015. Subjects Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.   Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 19th century.   Pirates -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century.   United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=784719E9-BCF6-4C5D-A58D-28885084A551 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2160649-ThomasJeffersonAndTheTripoli.mp3 Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=784719e9-bcf6-4c5d-a58d-28885084a551&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{784719E9-BCF6-4C5D-A58D-28885084A551}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780698411890 (electronic audio bk.) 0698411897 (electronic audio bk.) Description:  1 online resource (1 sound file (04 hr., 43 min., 32 sec.)) : digital Edition:  Unabridged. Requests:  0 Summary:  This is the little-known story of how a newly independent 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 country 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 justified 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.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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