The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the

The wars against the Barbary pirates not only signaled the determination of the United States to throw off its tributary status, liberate its citizens from slav

Jefferson, and the terrorists were the Barbary pirates of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.

C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa. That’s

Wheelan captures the story of America's first war against terror and the nations that supported it. With telling illustrations, "Jefferson's War" traces the eve