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Shores Of Tripoli, The No Longer Stocked: Bliven Putnam Naval AdventurStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionYoung 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. Author descriptionJames 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. |