Bibliograph

The shores of Tripoli, Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates, James L. Haley

Type

Label

The shores of Tripoli, Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates, James L. Haley

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The shores of Tripoli

Medium

sound recording

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

945647505

Responsibility statement

James L. Haley

Series statement

Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates, 1

Sub title

Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates

Summary

"The first novel in a brilliant new series by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat of piracy, as American civilians are regularly kidnapped by Islamist brigands and held for ransom, enslaved, or killed, all at their captors' whim. The Berber States of North Africa, especially Tripoli, claimed their faith gave them the right to pillage anyone who did not submit to their religion. Young Bliven Putnam, great-nephew of Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam, is bound for the Mediterranean and a desperate battle with the pirate ship Tripoli. He later returns under legendary Commodore Edward Preble on the Constitution, and marches across the Libyan desert with General Eaton to assault Derna--discovering the lessons he learns about war, and life, are not what he expected. Rich with historical detail and cracking with high-wire action, The Shores of Tripoli brings this amazing period in American history to life with brilliant clarity"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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