02219cam a2200349 4500 888452626 TxAuBib 20160405120000.0 151105s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781591848066 trade 1591848067 trade ICrlF eng ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Kilmeade, Brian. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates : the forgotten war that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. Thomas Jefferson & the Tripoli pirates. New York, N.Y. : Sentinel, [2015] xvi, 238 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. Map on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index. "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. ... 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 .... Few today remember these men and other heroes who inspired the Marine Corps hymn: 'From the Halls of Montezumato the Shores of Tripoli, we fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea'"--Amazon.com. Adult. Adult Follett Library Resources. 20160405. Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826. Pirates Africa, North History 19th century. Pirates Mediterranean Region History 19th century. Pirates North Africa History. Pirates Mediterranean Region History. United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805. United States History 1801-1805, Tripolitan War. Yaeger, Don.