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Summary: In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out in 1805 on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, but at the last moment he grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government, and Eaton set off without national support. Short on supplies, given...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.47 ZACZacks, Richard.
Summary: An unforgettable snapshot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 363.2 ZACZacks, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 ZACZacks, Richard.
Summary: Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses, and after-hours saloons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.23 ZACZacks, Richard.
Summary: After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured three hundred U.S. sailors and marines. President Jefferson sent out navy squadrons, but he also authorized a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. He chose an unlikely diplomat, William Eaton, to lead the mission. But before Eaton departed, Jefferson grew wary of the affair and withdrew his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2005