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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ekin, Des, author.     Subjects     Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.     Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843 -- Captivity.     Prisoners of war -- Algeria -- Algiers -- Biography.     Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Algeria.     Algeria -- Foreign relations -- United States.     Africa, North -- History, Naval -- 18th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ekin, Des, author.       by title:      The lionkeeper of Al...         MARC Display

The lionkeeper of Algiers : how an American captive rose to power in Barbary and saved his homeland from war / Des Ekin. by Ekin, Des, author. Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2023] Subjects Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.   Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843 -- Captivity.   Prisoners of war -- Algeria -- Algiers -- Biography.   Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Algeria.   Algeria -- Foreign relations -- United States.   Africa, North -- History, Naval -- 18th century. ISBN:  9781633888630 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 1633888630 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  ix, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  The First Captive -- The Twelve-Year-Old Midshipman -- 'The Crazy Capital' -- Cast into the Den of Lions -- 'Our Sufferings is beyond your Conception' -- 'A Black Eye, A Broken Leg, and Credentials from Congress' -- The Undiplomatic Diplomat -- The Threshold of Pain -- 'If There Were No Algiers, I Would Have to Build One' -- Hannah and Isaac -- Lions and Tigers and Rats -- The Man who Made a Million -- The Hassan Whisperer -- Welcome to the Mad House -- It's a New Dawn, it's a New Dey, it's a New Life -- 'That is Our Liberty in Sweet America' -- Cape Desolation -- Clipping the Eagle's Wings -- Scipio -- 'Now I Have Got You, You Shall Eat Stones' -- The Attack on Scipio -- An Englishman and Two Irishmen Walk into a Bar -- 'Get Out of My Sight, Thou Dog Without a Soul!' -- 'A Dazzling Meteor in a Dark Night' -- The One That Got Away -- A Poet in Purgatory -- The Dey's Last Command -- 'Scipio Was in his Grave before Sunset' -- A Voyage to Save the Peace -- 'An Adieu to the Land of Bondage' -- Afterlives. Requests:  0 Summary:  "This page-turning narrative follows the twists and turns of the life of hostage-turned-diplomat James Leander Cathcart upon the international stage of diplomacy, trade, and maritime statecraft at a time when America's place in the world was hanging in the balance"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.47 Ek Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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