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The Barbary pirates
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C. S. Forester |
Examines the history of the Barbary pirates, and discusses their relationship with the United States Navy in the early years of the country's entry into the shipping trade. |
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Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804
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Mark Lardas |
On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four mo… |
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Six Frigates
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Ian W. Toll |
Starting in the Adams administration and continuing through to the end of the War of 1812, *Six Frigates* is a well researched and very readable history of the Navy of the United States. Begun in the… |
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