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The unparalleled sufferings of the author during his captivity among the pirates.
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In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. Forced to work as a navigator and as a member of pirate boarding parties, he witnessed unspeakable acts of murder and torture. Befriended by a young Cuban woman, he managed to escape with his life, but was arrested as a pirate in Havana and sent back to England in chains. There, he found himself on trial for his life at the Old Bailey courthouse - with the attorney general himself leading the prosecution. Smith's dramatic account of his personal experience is a brutally honest, unromanticized look at piracy in the nineteenth century. (6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 196 pages, illustrations)
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Originally published in 1824, this firsthand account describes how Smith, a young English seaman, was captured by Cuban pirates, pressed into service as the pirates' navigator, and after escaping with the help of a young Cuban woman prosecuted for piracy by the British attorney general. Great-great-grandson Robert Redmond adds an introduction, a fi
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- PublisherThe Lyons Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1558219714
- ISBN 13 9781558219717
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages182
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