Richard Zacks, Raymond Todd
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, And The Secret Mission Of 1805
Audio CD
(Blackstone Audiobooks June 1, 2005)
, Unabridged edition
In the first U.S. covert mission to overthrow a foreign nation, President Jefferson dispatched an unlikely diplomat, forty-year-old William Eaton, to Tripoli to free three hundred American hostages. Eaton achieved a remarkable victory on “the shores of Tripoli,” but for him, the aftermath was not so sweet.
- ISBN
- 0786179775 / 9780786179770
- Weight
- 11.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 1.8 in.