Traces the career of buccaneer William Kidd, a New York sea captain hired to chase pirates, from his early voyages through his death on the gallows, and discusses the role played by Robert Culliford, a rogue and mutineer, in Kidd's downfall.
Book Details
Format
hardcover
ISBN-10
0786865334
ISBN-13
9780786865338
Publication Date
Jun 2002
Item Weight
1.60 pounds
Length
9.25 inch
Width
6.26 inch
Height
1.00 inch
First Sentence
New York in the summer of 1696 was an ink spot on the tip of the map of Manhattan, a struggling seaport with a meager population of 5,000, about a fifth of them African slaves.
