Your Journey Begins
Captain Cornelius Quick’s guide to the golden age of piracy, treasurehunting, and more.
A Cape Cod Tale
“Black” Sam Bellamy & the Whydah There is a lot of history that slowly passes as the short, dramatic and easy to remember versions take hold. As a result, there is truth everywhere that is fading away. Some is lost to urban sprawl, and some to books no longer read. Some to smartphones and short…
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A good book is your best friend! Captain Quick will guide you to the best of the best for all things piratical.
Quick’s Picks
Quick’s Top Three Recommendations for Pirate History!
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The Pirate Hunter
by Richard Zacks
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.
Black Flags, Blue Waters
by Eric Jay Dolin
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” – spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s – when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond.
The Republic of Pirates
by Colin Woodard
An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward’s The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of several infamous Caribbean buccaneers who built a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas
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