ISBN: 978-4027-4142-5

For hundreds of years, pirates along the coast of North Africa had demanded tribute from vessels in their waters. The new United States had no money to ransom Yankee sailors rotting in African prisons. Provoked, the young nation forged a navy to end the menace.
Age level 10-12
163 pages | Map | Index
Paperback Edition (Also available in hardcover)
Originally published by: Random House Landmark, 1953