Title: A Short History of Algiers With a Concise View of the Origin of the Rupture Between Algiers and the United States To Which Is Added a Copious M'shane, and Sundry Other American Captives
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0656045558
ISBN 13: 9780656045556
Binding: HRD
Condition: New

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Excerpt from A Short History of Algiers: With a Concise View of the Origin of the Rupture Between Algiers and the United States; To Which Is Added a Copious Appendix, Containing Letters From Captains Penrose, M'shane, and Sundry Other American Captives

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