Shores Of Tripoli, The - No Longer Stocked: Bliven Putnam Naval Adventur

Author(s): James L. Haley

Fiction

Young Bliven Putnam, great-nephew of Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam, is bound for the Mediterranean and a desperate battle with the pirate ship Tripoli. He later returns under legendary Commodore Edward Preble on the Constitution, and marches across the Libyan desert with General Eaton to assault Derna - discovering the lessons he learns about war, and life, are not what he expected. Rich with historical detail and cracking with high-wire action, The Shores of Tripoli brings this amazing period in American history to life with brilliant clarity.


Product Information

James L. Haley is an award-winning historian and author of numerous books on Texas and Western history, as well as several works of fiction, including The Buffalo War, which has been in print for thirty-nine years and remains the definitive history of the final war of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Indians against Anglo domination; the multiple award-winning biography Sam Houston; and WOLF: The Lives of Jack London; among others. Haley's work has garnered many awards, including two Spur Awards (2002 & 2011) from the Western Writers of America. The Tempest is the next thrilling installment in his nineteenth-century American naval fiction series.

General Fields

  • : 9780425278178
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
  • : 0.392
  • : October 2017
  • : 210mm X 140mm
  • : United States
  • : January 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : James L. Haley
  • : 480
  • : FIC
  • : English
  • : 1
  • : Paperback