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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Zacks, Richard.     Subjects     Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826     Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.     United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Underground movements.     United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Naval operations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Zacks, Richard.       by title:      The pirate coast [el...         MARC Display

The pirate coast [electronic resource] : Thomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805 / Richard Zacks. by Zacks, Richard. New York : Hyperion, c2005. Subjects Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826   Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 19th century.   United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.   United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Underground movements.   United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Naval operations. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9066A91E-10CF-49A6-961E-E4C3F4AC6557 This title is available online; click here to access ISBN:  1401383122 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) Description:  viii, 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill, maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  In 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 overthrow 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 national support. Short on supplies, given very little money and only a few men, Eaton's mission seemed doomed from the start. But he improbably triumphed, recruiting a band of European mercenaries in Alexandria, along with some Arab cavalry and Bedouin fighters, and leading them on a march across the Libyan Desert. The success of the event is immortalized in the Marines' Hymn, but Jefferson never allowed Eaton the fame he craved.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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