Audio only
The Pirate Coast
Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805By Richard ZacksNarrated by Raymond ToddLength13h 18m
About this audiobook
A real-life thriller—the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees
After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured three hundred US 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 support.
Astoundingly, Eaton persevered, gathering a ragtag army and leading them on a brutal march across five hundred miles of desert. After surviving sandstorms, treachery, and near death, Eaton achieved a remarkable victory on “the shores of Tripoli,” gaining freedom for the American hostages and new respect for the young United States. But as Eaton dared to reveal that the president had deserted him, Jefferson set out to crush him. Richard Zacks brings this important story of America’s first overseas covert operation to life.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length13 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byRaymond Todd
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 27, 2005
LanguageEnglish
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m$0.99 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (2)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
The Red Record (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett5h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
The Antiquities of the Jews (Annotated)Flavius Josephus59h 14m$3 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
You may also like
Sharpe's TriumphBernard Cornwell13h 45m$33 · $0.00
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the CzarJules Verne10h 57m$2.30 · $0.00
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the CzarJules Verne10h 57m$2 · $0.00
BarbarossaFranz Kühn2h 18m$2 · $0.00
Sir William Wallace (Annotated)Alexander Falconer Murison5h 34m$2 · $0.00
The Last Fight of the RevengeWalter Raleigh1h 12m$2.30
The Exploits of Brigadier GerardArthur Conan Doyle7h 43m$7 · $0.00
The Count of the Saxon ShoreAlfred J. Church7h 26m$2 · $0.00
The White ScalperGustave Aimard10h 15m$2 · $0.00
Michael Strogoff - Or, The Courier of the CzarJules Verne10h 55m$2.30
Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp, Or, A Campaign in Calabria, Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant22h 17m$2.30
A Chinese CommandHarry Collingwood10h 39m$2 · $0.00
The Mutiny Omnibus Collection: 10 Classic StorybooksJustin H. McCarthy, G. A. Henty, Norman Springer, Captain R. N. Edward Edwards, surgeon George Hamilton, Cyrus M. Hussey, William Lay, William Forbes-Mitchell, W. H. Fitchett, A. R. D. Mackenzie, Maria Germon, Frederick P. Gibbon76h 21m$0.99 · $0.00
The Brigadier Gerard StoriesArthur Conan Doyle15h 9m$7 · $0.00
Rulers of India: Lord CliveG. B. Malleson7h 9m$1 · $0.00
Chicot the JesterAlexandre Dumas16h 42m$2.30
In Freedom's Cause (Historical Novel)G. A. Henty13h 18m$1 · $0.00
The Count of the Saxon Shore; or The Villa in VectisAlfred John Church, Ruth Putnam7h 31m$1 · $0.00
The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the SeaWilliam Henry Giles Kingston20h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Delta SolutionPatrick Robinson12h 34m$30