Pirates of New England
Ruthless Raiders and Rotten Renegades
Published on 1. September 2017
224 pages
978-1-4930-2930-3 (ISBN)
Description
Tales of swashbuckling adventure, murder, treachery, and mayhem!
One would be mistaken to think of pirates as roaming only the Caribbean. Pirates as famous as William Kidd and Henry Every have at various times plundered, pillaged, and murdered their way up and down the New England seaboard, striking fear among local merchants and incurring the wrath of colonial authorities.
Piracy historian Gail Selinger brings these tales of mayhem and villainy to life while also exploring why New England became such a breeding ground for high seas crime and how the view of piracy changed over time, from winking toleration to brutal crackdown. Included in this volume are:
- Ned Low's sadistic-at times cannibalistic-reign of terror on the high seas and his mysterious disappearance.
- John Quelch's defiant and unapologetic proclamations before being hanged in front of Boston's crowds.
- Henry Every's daring attack on the Grand Mogul's fleet, widely considered the largest maritime heist in history.
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Gail Selinger is a maritime historian and pirate expert who served as a consultant on the History Channel's Modern Marvels: Pirate Tech. Her commentary appears on the DVDs of The Princess Bride and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates and lectures on pirates and pirate history.She lives in Redlands, California.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note on Wages, Cost of Living, and Pirate Booty
- Introduction: The Evolution of Piracy
- Chapter One. Why Turn to Piracy?
- Chapter Two. The Allure of Pirate Life
- Chapter Three. Politics, Economics, and the Pirate Round
- Chapter Four. John Rhoades, Jurriaen Aernouts, and Peter Roderigo
- Chapter Five. Thomas Pound and Thomas Hawkins
- Chapter Six. Thomas Tew and Governor Benjamin Fletcher
- Chapter Seven. Henry Every
- Chapter Eight. William Kidd
- Chapter Nine. John Quelch and Crewmates
- Chapter Ten. Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy
- Chapter Eleven. George Lowther, John Massey, and Charles Harris
- Chapter Twelve. Edward "Ned" Low and Francis Farrington Spriggs
- Chapter Thirteen. William Fly
- Appendix A: The Complete Ship's Roster of the Adventure Galley
- Appendix B: The Forgotten Ones
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
