Contents

Cast of Characters (circa 1805)

Prologue

1. Tripoli

2. Washington City

3. American Slaves in Tripoli City

4. Home: New England Roots

5. Tripoli: Decatur’s Raid

6. Alone at Sea

7. Yussef

8. The Mission: Eaton Unleashed

9. Hunting Hamet in Egypt

10. White Christmas in Tripoli

11. Reeling In Hamet

12. Preparing for War: Fresh Enemies and Money, Money, Money

13. The Desert

14. Tobias Lear: Peace at Any Cost

15. An American Flag on Foreign Soil

16. Malta: Diseased Liver and Cold Feet

17. Tripoli: Fear

18. Tripoli Harbor: Lear to the Rescue

19. Derne: Defiance

20. Tripoli: Peace? Freedom? Honor?

21. Derne: From a Kingdom to Beggary?

22. Tripoli: Lear Pays

23. Wounded and Restless

24. Homecoming

25. Jefferson vs. Eaton

26. Burr, Bottle, and Six Feet Under

Epilogue

Acknowledgments, Notes, Bibliography, and Credits

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Credits

Copyright