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To The Shores of Tripoli
ISBN
9781533743183
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
01-07-2016
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Ebook EPUB
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Engels
Uitgever
Jonathan P. Brazee
Auteur(s)
Jonathan P. Brazee

To The Shores of Tripoli

Jonathan P. Brazee
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  • The
  • First
  • Barbary
  • War
  • (1801-1805),
  • or
  • “America’s
  • First
  • War
  • on
  • Terror,”
  • as
  • some
  • refer
  • to
  • it,
  • was
  • a
  • pivotal
  • moment
  • in
  • US
  • history.
  • While
  • both
  • the
  • Navy
  • and
  • Marines
  • participated
  • in
  • the
  • Quasi-War
  • with
  • France,
  • it
  • was
  • the
  • war
  • with
  • the
  • Barbary
  • pirates
  • that
  • cemented
  • both
  • the
  • Marine
  • Corps
  • and
  • the
  • Navy
  • as
  • the
  • proud
  • organizations
  • that
  • they
  • are
  • today.
  • This
  • was
  • the
  • war
  • that
  • produced
  • heroes
  • such
  • as
  • O’Bannon,
  • Decatur,
  • Preble,
  • Porter,
  • Hull,
  • and
  • Somers.To
  • the
  • Shores
  • of
  • Tripoli
  • follows
  • three
  • fictional
  • Marine
  • privates
  • as
  • they
  • participate
  • in
  • the
  • watershed
  • moments
  • in
  • the
  • war.
  • Private
  • Seth
  • Crocker
  • is
  • an
  • uneducated,
  • underage
  • Marine
  • who
  • fights
  • from
  • the
  • tops
  • of
  • the
  • USS
  • Enterprise
  • and
  • in
  • battles
  • such
  • as
  • the
  • Gunboat
  • Battle
  • off
  • the
  • coast
  • of
  • Tripoli.
  • Private
  • Ichabod
  • Cone,
  • a
  • veteran
  • of
  • the
  • Revolution,
  • is
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • crew
  • of
  • the
  • USS
  • Philadelphia
  • when
  • it
  • is
  • captured
  • and
  • spends
  • most
  • of
  • the
  • war
  • as
  • a
  • slave
  • of
  • the
  • pasha.
  • Private
  • Jacob
  • Brissey
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • seven
  • Marines,
  • under
  • Lieutenant
  • Presley
  • O’Bannon,
  • who
  • march
  • 600
  • miles
  • across
  • the
  • desert
  • against
  • tremendous
  • odds
  • to
  • attack
  • and
  • capture
  • the
  • city
  • of
  • Derne,
  • where,
  • for
  • the
  • first
  • time
  • in
  • history,
  • the
  • US
  • flag
  • is
  • raised
  • over
  • foreign
  • soil.This
  • book
  • is
  • historical
  • fiction,
  • but
  • the
  • events
  • it
  • describes
  • are
  • historical
  • fact.
  • Most
  • of
  • the
  • characters
  • actually
  • existed
  • and
  • fought
  • in
  • the
  • war.
  • Where
  • possible,
  • their
  • actual
  • words
  • are
  • reproduced
  • here.
  • In
  • all
  • other
  • cases,
  • dialogue
  • and
  • characterizations
  • were
  • born
  • in
  • the
  • author’s
  • imagination.The
  • First
  • Barbary
  • War
  • is
  • considered
  • the
  • birth
  • of
  • the
  • US
  • Navy.
  • It
  • is
  • equally
  • valid
  • to
  • say
  • that
  • the
  • war
  • created
  • the
  • foundation
  • for
  • the
  • Marine
  • Corps
  • as
  • we
  • know
  • it today.
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