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Everybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America's most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captain hired to chase pirates, a married war hero whose secret mission took a spectacularly bad turn.
This harrowing tale traces Kidd's voyages in the 1690s from his home near Wall Street to Whitehall Palace in London, from the ports of the Caribbean to a secret pirate paradise off Madagascar. Author Richard Zacks, during his research, also unearthed the story of a long forgotten rogue named Robert Culliford, who dogged Kidd and led Kidd's crew to mutiny not once but twice. The lives of Kidd and Culliford play out like an unscripted duel: one man would hang in the harbor, the other would walk away with the treasure. Filled with superb writing and impeccable research, The Pirate Hunter is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a ripping good yarn, and it delivers something rare: an authentic pirate story for grown-ups.
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The Pirate Hunter This harrowing tale traces Kidd's voyages in the 1690s from his home near Wall Street to London, from the ports of the Caribbean to a secret pirate paradise off Madagascar. Filled with superb research, "The Pirate Hunter "is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a ripping good yarn--an authentic pirate story for grown-ups.
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An enthralling new biography ... Captain Kidd practically swaggers off the pages of this rich, riotous bio -- Time Magazine
Forget all those swashbuckling movies. This is real piracy: a harrowing tale of deceit, danger, greed and lust. -- ABC News
reminiscent...of Defoe, vividly illustrating the brutalities of life on a seagoing vessel and the chaos of urban society at the end of the seventeeth century -- New Yorker
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- PublisherHachette Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786865334
- ISBN 13 9780786865338
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages426
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