War with Islam....Peace treaties repeatedly violated...hostages taken and ransomed...ineffective war strikes...Presidential duplicity....Twentieth century? No The year is 1800 Combining historical fact with fiction, this novel questions whether "to the shores of Tripoli" was the solution.

The story of the 48th is as varied as its climate and its geography. And the people who have come and gone are a microcosm of the land they inhabited or live here today. Red people, black people, yellow people and white people. Arizona's history has been influenced by them. Most were God-fearing and accepted the land as it was bestowed upon them. Some were determined to change it. But, to this day, the residents look upon Arizona as a veritable paradise which too many still seek to change for better or for worse. After all, our relatives have already lived here; from The Anasazi to the...