The Pirate Coast
Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
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The Pirate Coast
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Raymond Todd
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Richard Zacks
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Astoundingly, Eaton persevered, gathering a ragtag army, including eight U.S. Marines, and leading them on a brutal march across 500 miles of desert. After surviving sandstorms, treachery, and near death from thirst, Eaton achieved a remarkable victory on "the shores of Tripoli", as commemorated in the Marine Corps Hymn. His triumph gained freedom for the American hostages and newfound respect for the young United States, but for Eaton, the aftermath wasn't sweet. When he dared to reveal that the president had abandoned him, Jefferson set out to crush him.
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Critic reviews
"Zacks has researched thoroughly, writes entertainingly, and shows a knack for sea stories and characterization. This is the book that Captain Eaton has long deserved." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Zacks does an expert job of explaining the diplomacy and machinations of the U.S. government....Where Zacks excels is in his research, quipping asides, and loving grasp of the subject" ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Zacks does an expert job of explaining the diplomacy and machinations of the U.S. government....Where Zacks excels is in his research, quipping asides, and loving grasp of the subject" ( Kirkus Reviews)
We all have heard the lyrics: "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli".
Some of us are aware that the US marines at some point raided the Barbary Pirates.
Few of us have heard this utterly amazing tale of how that happened, and the fascinating and driven man who led what is an adventure to rival the 300 Spartans or the African Queen.
The spying, conniving, dedication, loyalty and sheer bizarreness of this story makes for great reading. Thomas Jefferson "Great man" comes away looking not-so-great and the flawed hero of the tale, remains largely forgotten.
Simply outstanding and fascinating
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In truth the only real problem is that Raymond Todd the narrator does not know how to pronounce topgallant, forecastle, boatswain or cockswain in the correct navel way, instead he simply reads the word as it is written, ordinarily this would be a minor point but in a book so heavily concerend with ships and naval warfare it becomes very distracting and prevented this good book being 5* to me.
Very interesting book, some narration problems
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