CONTENTS
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I. The Man from the East 1
II. Captured by Corsairs 16
III. Barbary and the Buccaneers 25
IV. The Rose of Egypt 40
V. My First Voyage 46
VI. Mutiny 56
VII. Betrayed 64
VIII. An American Frigate Becomes a Corsair's Cattleship 74
IX. Life Aboard Old Ironsides 82
X. A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of Tunis 95
XI. The Loss of The Philadelphia 109
XII. We Blow Up The Philadelphia 116
XIII. The American Eagle Enters the African Desert 126
XIV. The Desert Girl 140
XV. Reuben James Saves Decatur's Life 154
XVI. We Capture the Desert City of Derne 162
XVII. The Treasure Tomb 177
XVIII. Sold Into Slavery 187
XIX. The Escape 198
XX. Home Surprises 220
Postscript. The End of the Pirates 228
Bibliography 234