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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History Barnes&Noble.com Best Fiction of 2009 She launched a career asISBN 13: 9780143129431 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication date: 10 18 2016 Edition description: Reprint Pages: 272 Sales rank: 64,392 Product dimensions: 5. 50(w) x 8. 30(h) x 0. 80(d) When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africas Barbary Coast routinely captured American merchant ships and held the sailors as slaves, demanding ransom and