The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania

by Peter Markoe

Book Overview

An Important Book in America's Early Encounter with the Arab World

"A pungent satire on American affairs." --Samuel Eliot Morison

In 1787, while American sailors languished in a Barbary prison, delegates debated the Constitution in Philadelphia. Despite America's desire to respond to the crisis, without a central government, the new republic had no means to create a naval force. Enter an anonymously published book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594160635
• ISBN13: 9781594160639
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.5"