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mods: The lionkeeper of Algiers how an American captive rose to power in Barbary and saved his homeland from war Ekin, Des creator author. text bibliography Biographies. History. Naval history. mdu 2023 monographic eng print ix, 252 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm "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"-- 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. Des Ekin. Includes bibliographical references. f-ae--- n-us--- ff----- Cathcart, James L. (James Leander) 1767-1843 Cathcart, James L. (James Leander) 1767-1843 Captivity Cathcart, James L. (James Leander) 1767-1843 Prisoners of war Algeria Algiers Biography Diplomats United States Biography United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 United States Foreign relations Algeria Algeria Foreign relations United States A…