- Title: The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
- Author: James L. Haley
- Borrowed via Audible (free trial), Audiobook
- Started: 11/29/2017
- Finished: 12/7/2017
Finally made it through this work I've been wanting to read for some time. The narration isn't great, and the book isn't as good as advertised. A while back a WSJ book review said this was the American equivilent of the Aubrey/Maturin Master & Commander series -- not quite. The plot is interesting, but the writing is no where near as good, and overall the feeling is just off.
Having said that, I ultimately enjoyed the book, but it is a poor companion to the beloved Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian.
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