# Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

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- Book: [Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-kilmeade/thomas-jefferson-and-the-tripoli-pirates) ([Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-kilmeade/thomas-jefferson-and-the-tripoli-pirates.md))
- Authors: [Brian Kilmeade](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-kilmeade), [Don Yaeger](https://www.bookquiver.com/don-yaeger)
- Publisher: sentinel
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-943-1
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2016-10-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary Coast routinely captured American merchant...