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Item specifics
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- Publication Date
- 2022-12-23
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781594163869
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Westholme Publishing
ISBN-10
1594163863
ISBN-13
9781594163869
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8057265603
Product Key Features
Book Title
Prisoners of the Bashaw : the Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803-1805
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Slavery, Military / Naval, United States / 19th Century, Africa / North, Maritime History & Piracy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Superbly written and thoroughly researched . . . . [The author] gives us a thorough understanding of the war, motives, and complications for both the United States and Tripoli and the stories of the men involved. . . . Leiner is a judicious historian. . . . Prisoners of the Bashaw is a timeless story of endurance and honor, with lesson we continue to learn." -- Journal of Military History "Cruising waters off the North African coast on Oct. 31, 1803, the U.S. frigate Philadelphia gave chase to a small xebec cruiser. . . .The 1,240-ton ship, sailing at speed in uncharted waters, abruptly ran aground on a submerged reef. Frantic efforts to lighten the Philadelphia --cannons were thrown overboard; the foremast was chopped down--proved futile, as did other efforts to dislodge the ship.Enemy gunboats were approaching, so [29-year-old captain William] Bainbridge surrendered. Although news wouldn't reach America for another four months, all the Philadelphia 's 307 crew were taken prisoner and held for ransom. . . . Prisoners of the Bashaw tells their story in rich and fascinating detail." -- The Wall Street Journal "Mr. Leiner has written what is likely the ultimate story of the US frigate Philadelphia in 1803. . . . Meticulously researched and annotated, this volume reads like a novel but is, in fact, a brilliant factual reference for anyone researching that event or just wishing to learn about a particularly dismal period in American maritime history. . . . Leiner's book, in conjunction with Garner Allen's 1905 volume, Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs , will give a reader the most informed and complete look at our first encounter with the denizen of the Middle East. Prisoners of the Bashaw belongs on any history bookshelf and will satisfy anyone seeking information about this important conflict."-- Sea History "Frederick Leiner's Prisoners of the Bashaw is more than just a fascinating account of one of our country's first steps onto the world stage. It is also a mirror for our times: international duplicity, public rhetoric interwoven with backroom compromises, and the audacity, suffering, and sheer heroism of our navy's first officers and sailors. Leiner combines a fine ear for the language with a cinematographer's eye, putting his readers at the president's table, in the bashaw's palace, suffering in a fetid prison, and aboard the rolling deck of an American frigate. This is a terrific read." --Tim McGrath, author of Give Me A Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea " Prisoners of the Bashaw is a superbly written, meticulously researched, thoroughly gripping account of the grounding of an American warship off Tripoli and the capture of her 307-man crew some two centuries ago--an episode that became America's first hostage crisis. With vivid descriptions of naval warfare, hostage-taking, ransom demands, intricate diplomacy, and foreign intrigue, Frederick Leiner captures challenges that have dogged US actions overseas from the earliest years of the Republic. Prisoners of the Bashaw recounts bravery and treachery, the toils and fortitude of Americans enslaved, and the adroit international efforts (and payment) that ultimately freed the captured crew members after nineteen months of captivity. It is an absolutely first-rate read." --General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO/US Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA, "Cruising waters off the North African coast on Oct. 31, 1803, the U.S. frigate Philadelphia gave chase to a small xebec cruiser. . . .The 1,240-ton ship, sailing at speed in uncharted waters, abruptly ran aground on a submerged reef. Frantic efforts to lighten the Philadelphia --cannons were thrown overboard; the foremast was chopped down--proved futile, as did other efforts to dislodge the ship.Enemy gunboats were approaching, so [29-year-old captain William] Bainbridge surrendered. Although news wouldn't reach America for another four months, all the Philadelphia 's 307 crew were taken prisoner and held for ransom. . . . Prisoners of the Bashaw tells their story in rich and fascinating detail." -- The Wall Street Journal "Frederick Leiner's Prisoners of the Bashaw is more than just a fascinating account of one of our country's first steps onto the world stage. It is also a mirror for our times: international duplicity, public rhetoric interwoven with backroom compromises, and the audacity, suffering, and sheer heroism of our navy's first officers and sailors. Leiner combines a fine ear for the language with a cinematographer's eye, putting his readers at the president's table, in the bashaw's palace, suffering in a fetid prison, and aboard the rolling deck of an American frigate. This is a terrific read." --Tim McGrath, author of Give Me A Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea " Prisoners of the Bashaw is a superbly written, meticulously researched, thoroughly gripping account of the grounding of an American warship off Tripoli and the capture of her 307-man crew some two centuries ago--an episode that became America's first hostage crisis. With vivid descriptions of naval warfare, hostage-taking, ransom demands, intricate diplomacy, and foreign intrigue, Frederick Leiner captures challenges that have dogged US actions overseas from the earliest years of the Republic. Prisoners of the Bashaw recounts bravery and treachery, the toils and fortitude of Americans enslaved, and the adroit international efforts (and payment) that ultimately freed the captured crew members after nineteen months of captivity. It is an absolutely first-rate read." --General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO/US Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA, "Frederick Leiner's Prisoners of the Bashaw is more than just a fascinating account of one of our country's first steps onto the world stage. It is also a mirror for our times: international duplicity, public rhetoric interwoven with backroom compromises, and the audacity, suffering, and sheer heroism of our navy's first officers and sailors. Leiner combines a fine ear for the language with a cinematographer's eye, putting his readers at the president's table, in the bashaw's palace, suffering in a fetid prison, and aboard the rolling deck of an American frigate. This is a terrific read." --Tim McGrath, author of Give Me A Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea " Prisoners of the Bashaw is a superbly written, meticulously researched, thoroughly gripping account of the grounding of an American warship off Tripoli and the capture of her 307-man crew some two centuries ago--an episode that became America's first hostage crisis. With vivid descriptions of naval warfare, hostage-taking, ransom demands, intricate diplomacy, and foreign intrigue, Frederick Leiner captures challenges that have dogged US actions overseas from the earliest years of the Republic. Prisoners of the Bashaw recounts bravery and treachery, the toils and fortitude of Americans enslaved, and the adroit international efforts (and payment) that ultimately freed the captured crew members after nineteen months of captivity. It is an absolutely first-rate read." --General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO/US Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA
Dewey Decimal
973.47
Synopsis
FINALIST FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN MILITARY HISTORY PRIZE America's first crisis with the Islamic world: the diplomatic and military mission to free more than three hundred enslaved sailors On October 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia ran aground on a reef a few miles outside the harbor of Tripoli. Since April 1801, the United States had been at war with Tripoli, one of the Barbary "pirate" regimes, over the payment of annual tribute--bribes so that American merchant ships would not be seized and their crews held hostage. After hours under fire, the Philadelphia , aground and defenseless, surrendered, and 307 American sailors and marines were captured. Manhandled and stripped of their clothes and personal belongings, the men of the Philadelphia were paraded before the Bashaw of Tripoli, Yusuf Karamanali. The bashaw ordered the crew moved into an old warehouse, and the officers were eventually moved to a dungeon beneath the Bashaw's castle. While the officers were treated as "gentlemen," although imprisoned, the sailors worked as enslaved laborers. Regularly beaten and given a meager diet, several died in captivity; escape attempts failed, while a few ended up converting to Islam and joined their captors. President Thomas Jefferson, Congress, U.S. diplomats, and Commodore Edward Preble, commander of the naval squadron off Tripoli, grappled with how to safely free the American captives. The crew of the Philadelphia remained prisoners for nineteen months, until the Tripolitan War ended in June 1805. The Philadelphia captives became the key to negotiations to end the war; the possibility existed that if threatened too much, the Bashaw would kill the captives. Ultimately, the United States paid $60,000 to get them back--about $200 per man--a sum less than the Bashaw's initial demands for compensation. In June 1805, the Americans began their journey home. Combining stirring naval warfare, intricate diplomatic negotiations, the saga of surviving imprisonment, and based on extensive primary source research, Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803-1805 by Frederick C. Leiner tells the complete story of America's first great hostage crisis., FINALIST FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN MILITARY HISTORY PRIZE America's first crisis with the Islamic world: the diplomatic and military mission to free more than three hundred enslaved sailors On October 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia ran aground on a reef a few miles outside the harbor of Tripoli. Since April 1801, the United States had been at war with Tripoli, one of the Barbary "pirate" regimes, over the payment of annual tribute--bribes so that American merchant ships would not be seized and their crews held hostage. After hours under fire, the Philadelphia , aground and defenseless, surrendered, and 307 American sailors and marines were captured. While the officers were treated as "gentlemen," although imprisoned, the sailors worked as enslaved laborers. Regularly beaten and given a meager diet, several died in captivity; escape attempts failed, while a few ended up converting to Islam and joined their captors. President Thomas Jefferson, Congress, U.S. diplomats, and Commodore Edward Preble, commander of the naval squadron off Tripoli, grappled with how to safely free the American captives. The crew of the Philadelphia remained prisoners for nineteen months, until the Tripolitan War ended in June 1805. Combining stirring naval warfare, intricate diplomatic negotiations, the saga of surviving imprisonment, and based on extensive primary source research, Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803-1805 by Frederick C. Leiner tells the complete story of America's first great hostage crisis.
LC Classification Number
E335
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- a***n (46)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (95)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.