| Description |
pages cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The First Captive -- The Twelve-Year-Old Midshipman -- 'The Crazy Capital' -- Cast into the Den of Lions -- 'Our Sufferings is beyond your Conception' -- 'A Black Eye, A Broken Leg, and Credentials from Congress' -- The Undiplomatic Diplomat -- The Threshold of Pain -- 'If There Were No Algiers, I Would Have to Build One' -- Hannah and Isaac -- Lions and Tigers and Rats -- The Man who Made a Million -- The Hassan Whisperer -- Welcome to the Mad House -- It's a New Dawn, it's a New Dey, it's a New Life -- 'That is Our Liberty in Sweet America' -- Cape Desolation -- Clipping the Eagle's Wings -- Scipio -- 'Now I Have Got You, You Shall Eat Stones' -- The Attack on Scipio -- An Englishman and Two Irishmen Walk into a Bar -- 'Get Out of My Sight, Thou Dog Without a Soul!' -- 'A Dazzling Meteor in a Dark Night' -- The One That Got Away -- A Poet in Purgatory -- The Dey's Last Command -- 'Scipio Was in his Grave before Sunset' -- A Voyage to Save the Peace -- 'An Adieu to the Land of Bondage' -- Afterlives. |
| Summary |
"This page-turning narrative follows the twists and turns of the life of hostage-turned-diplomat James Leander Cathcart upon the international stage of diplomacy, trade, and maritime statecraft at a time when America's place in the world was hanging in the balance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843 -- Captivity.
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Prisoners of war -- Algeria -- Algiers -- Biography.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Algeria.
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Algeria -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Africa, North -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843. (OCoLC)fst00163149
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Captivity. (OCoLC)fst01198611
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Diplomats. (OCoLC)fst00894415
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Prisoners of war. (OCoLC)fst01077227
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Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
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Algeria -- Algiers.
(OCoLC)fst01205274
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North Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239515
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Tripolitan War (United States : 1801-1805) (OCoLC)fst01355170
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1805
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Naval history. (OCoLC)fst01411632
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Ekin, Des, 1951- Lionkeeper of Algiers Lanham, MD : Prometheus, [2022] 9781633888647 (DLC) 2022025374 |
| ISBN |
9781633888630 (cloth) |
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1633888630 |
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9781633888647 (epub) |
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