Kilmeade, Brian <br/><br/>
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates :  the forgotten war that changed American history 
/ Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger 
 - New York  : Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC  , 2015 
 - 238 p.  : illus.  ; 24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> The little-known story of Thomas Jefferson's battle to defend America against Islamic pirates. Kilmeade and Yeager recount the dramatic events building up to this forgotten war against the Tripoli pirates and the heroics that led to its resolution. They tell the story of a 25 year-old sailor named Stephen Decatur who sailed into the enemy harbour, his boat disguised as a Maltese merchant ship, and William Eaton who led Marines on a 500 mile trek across the desert to surprise the port of Derna. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781591848066 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jefferson, Thomas (, 1743-1826) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pirates---History---Africa, North---19th century<br/>Pirates---History---Mediterranean Region---19th century<br/>Pirates---History---Mediterranean Region---19th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States---History---Tripolitan War---1801-1805<br/>United States---Naval operations
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E335  / .K55 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.4 KIL