title: Summary & Highlights | Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
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  ALSO BY BRIAN KILMEADE AND DON YAEGER
  
  
  _George Washington’s Secret Six_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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