This week, we feature Mike Pompeo’s riveting memoir and an absorbing history that establishes a post-Revolutionary War sailor as an American hero.
History ‘The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War’
By Des Ekin
Des Ekin has uncovered a special piece of American history that has long been overlooked. This book follows the capture, imprisonment, and political and social maneuverings of the young American sailor James Leander Cathcart. Cathcart’s personality and wit guide him through the perils of being a Barbary pirate prisoner in Algiers and eventually place him before George Washington to help broker a deal for peace between the two nations. Ekin has established the foundation for a new American hero….