Intrepid sailors
Subtitle: the legacy of Preble's boys and the Tripoli campaign
By: Chipp Reid
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781612511177; 9781612511252
Subjects: Pirates; Philadelphia (Frigate); Naval History; Naval operations; Intrepid (Ketch); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "To be prepared for war"; title: Into the fray; title: Preble; title: Assembly point; title: Officers and gentlemen; title: "Child of adversity"; title: "There shall not be an idle ship"; title: Birth of a plan; title: Prisoners of the Bashaw; title: Volunteers for the unknown; title: "The most bold and daring act of the age"; title: Strike, counter-strike; title: Backlash; title: Gunboat diplomacy; title: Blockade; title: "Dreadful to Barbary"; title: Battle lines; title: Battle of the gunboats; title: Drawing breath; title: Battle of Tripoli; title: An Intrepid gamble; title: The infernal; title: "Preble's boys"; title: Homecoming.