Bibliograph

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates, the war that changed American history, Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

Type

Label

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates, the war that changed American history, Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

010-up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

Sub title

the war that changed American history

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

1783 : wealth travels by sea -- Centuries-old practice -- For Jefferson , the issue is personal -- The two ambassadors -- Jefferson and Adams disagree -- Leaders for a new nation -- Jefferson builds a navy -- Paying for peace -- Jefferson takes charge -- War -- The first flotilla -- To Algiers and Tunis -- To Tripoli -- The first shots of the war -- The news reaches America -- Richard Dale returns home -- A new plan is developing -- An act of protection -- The wrong man -- A last chance -- Time for a man of action -- A show of force at Morocco -- The fate of the USS Philadelphia -- Prisoners -- A spy within the walls -- The Hamet option -- -- Opening a new front -- Finding Hamet -- The march -- At the city gates -- The other front -- Stunned -- An incomplete victory

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Tripoli pirates, the war that changed American historyWar that changed American history

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