Trimming Yankee sails, pirates and privateers of New Brunswick, Faye Kert
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Trimming Yankee sails, pirates and privateers of New Brunswick, Faye Kert
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Trimming Yankee sails
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Faye Kert
Series statement
New Brunswick military heritage series, v. 6
Sub title
pirates and privateers of New Brunswick
Summary
The word "pirate" conjures up many Hollywood images, but Trimming Yankee Sails by Faye Kert paints a very different picture. Covering the Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island, Halifax, and Saint John to the east coast of the United States down to the Virginias, this insightful book offers a glimpse of northeastern North America's naval history and the pirates and privateers who scourged the Atlantic coast throughout the 19th century. In Trimming Yankee Sails, Faye Kert recounts a thrilling but little known story. Pirates and privateers sailed from New Brunswick ports throughout the 19th century, but their exploits began in earnest during the War of 1812. Amid tales of battles at sea and fortunes lost and won, Kert's exposure of the murky context in which these semi-legal marauders operated reveals surprising truths about Confederation and its promoters. Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick is Volume 6 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Pirates and privateers of New Brunswick
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