On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four months previously, the Philadelphia had been refitted to fight against her former masters. Decatur's mission was to either recapture the ship, or failing that, burn her to the waterline. This book recounts one of the greatest raids in American military history, an event that propelled Stephen Decatur to international renown, and which prompted Horatio Nelson to declare it 'the most bold and daring act of the age'.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781849083744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106506795
Product Key Features
Author
Mark Lardas
Publication Name
Decatur's Bold and Daring Act: the Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
248mm
Item Width
184mm
Item Weight
264g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Mark Lardas
Series Title
Raid
Illustrator
Mariusz Kozik, Steve Noon, Donato Spedaliere
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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