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FOREWORD

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

CHAPTER I THE MAN FROM THE EAST

SEA LONGINGS

CHAPTER II CAPTURED BY CORSAIRS

CHAPTER III BARBARY AND THE BUCCANEERS

"RED-BEARD"

GALLANT DON JOHN

CERVANTES—WARRIOR AND AUTHOR

DAUNTLESS MASTER NICHOLS

CHAPTER IV THE ROSE OF EGYPT

CHAPTER V MY FIRST VOYAGE

CHAPTER VI MUTINY

CHAPTER VII BETRAYED

CHAPTER VIII AN AMERICAN FRIGATE BECOMES A CORSAIR'S CATTLESHIP

ALEXANDER FREE

THE VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE

CHAPTER IX LIFE ABOARD OLD IRONSIDES

EVERY-DAY HAZARDS

CHAPTER X A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN THE COURT OF TUNIS

A DARTMOUTH LAD

THE HORSE-WHIPPING

WAR BREAKS OUT WITH TRIPOLI

CHAPTER XI THE LOSS OF THE PHILADELPHIA

A BRAVE OFFICER'S BAD LUCK

CHAPTER XII WE BLOW UP THE PHILADELPHIA

A DUEL

DECATUR'S BRILLIANT EXPLOIT

CHAPTER XIII THE AMERICAN EAGLE ENTERS THE AFRICAN DESERT

THE SHEIKS REBEL

CHAPTER XIV THE DESERT GIRL

HAMET BASHAW LOSES HIS TEMPER

THE ALLIES QUARREL

CHAPTER XV REUBEN JAMES SAVES DECATUR'S LIFE

THE DEATH OF SOMERS

CHAPTER XVI WE CAPTURE THE DESERT CITY OF DERNE

THE GOVERNOR FLEES

THE CAMPAIGN BLOCKED

CHAPTER XVII THE TREASURE TOMB

CHAPTER XVIII SOLD INTO SLAVERY

THE SLAVE MARKET

CHAPTER XIX THE ESCAPE

CHAPTER XX HOME SURPRISES

POSTSCRIPT

BRITAIN FOLLOWS DECATUR'S LEAD

SOURCES OF INFORMATION DRAWN UPON BY THE AUTHOR