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100 1 $aZacks, Richard.
245 14 $aThe pirate coast :$bThomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805 /$cRichard Zacks.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHyperion,$cc2005.
300 $aviii, 432 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $aMaps on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-421) and index.
520 $aIn 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.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826.
650 0 $aPirates$zAfrica, North$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805$xUnderground movements.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805$xNaval operations.
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957 00 $aOCLC reclamation of 2017-18
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