Narratives of Barbary captivity
Subtitle: recollections of James Leander Cathcart, Jonathan Cowdery, and William Ray / edited by Robert J. Allison.
Contributors: Allison, Robert J.; Cathcart, James L. 1767-1843.; Cowdery, Jonathan, 1767-1852.; Ray, William, 1771-1827.
Series: Lakeside classics -- 105
Publisher: The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Cathcart, James L. -- 1767-1843; Cowdery, Jonathan, -- 1767-1852; Ray, William, -- 1771-1827; Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- Libya -- Tripoli -- Biography; United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Prisoners and prisons; United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Biography; Africa, North -- History, Naval -- 19th century; Mediterranean Region -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives.
Other titles: Recollections of James Leander Cathcart, Jonathan Cowdery, and William Ray.
Notes: Includes index.

Comprised of three narratives written over 200 years ago--Pref.

"The Cowdery narrative is published in full; the Cathcart and Ray narratives have been abridged to fit this edition."-- Pref. p. vi-vii.
Table of contents: title: Book I. The captives: eleven years a prisoner in Algiers / by James Leander Cathcart; title: Book II. American captives in Tripoli / by Jonathan Cowdery; title: Book III. Horrors of slavery; or the American tars in Tripoli / by William Ray.