CHIDSEY : The wars in barbary (fülszöveg)
Piracy, white slavery, and the founding of the United States Navy are the exciting components of Donald Barr Chidsey's newest work of popular history, THE WARS IN BARBARY. Beginning with Barbarossa in the sixteenth century, the book traces the history of Arab piracy which culminates in the taking of American ships immediately following the American Revolution, and the subjection of American men to slavery.
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute," was the rallying cry that solidified the nation, as people turned from the idea of a temporary navy to that of a permanent fleet. When two United States ships were "jumped" and twenty-one seamen abducted into slavery in Algiers, the new nation took action. Chidsey describes the stirring drama of the ensuing clashes, the burning of the frigate Philadelphia, and the fighting in Tunisia and Algiers.
Here is the story of a difficult and colorful era in the diplomatic history of our early nation, along with intimate portraits of such dramatic figures as Commodore Stephen Decatur, William Eaton, Edward Preble, and the leading Arab pashas and beys. THE WARS IN BARBARY is vigorous and fascinating popular history, full of swashbuckling seamen, warfare, and the heroic grandeur of patriotism.
Donald Barr Chidsey is the author of more than fifty books, including The Panama Canal, Lewis and Clark, The War in the South, The Great Conspiracy, and July 4, 1776. His flair for storytelling and ready knowledge of history have made him an enormous favorite with lovers of adventure stories and history buffs.
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