The Last Pirate Hanged
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The Last Pirate Hanged
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Author : G. S. Willmott
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Pty Ltd
Release Date : 2020-05-11
The Last Pirate Hanged written by G. S. Willmott and has been published by Crabtree Pty Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-11 with Fiction categories.
William Swallow was a wayward boy who became a wayward man. Transported as a convict, he became a diligent escaper, but his greatest exploit was when he and some of his fellows commandeered the Cypress in Recherche Bay Tasmania and sailed to Tahiti. The adventures that follow are as amazing as they are exciting, packed with historical detail and event. Swallow and his companions, and those he inspired, lived in harsh times. Their stories shed entertaining light on a forgotten corner of history. - Sally Odgers, Author Whitehall London was the environment where William Swallow was raised. At fourteen, he joined His Majesty's Navy in order to escape from the filth and degradation of his home. Life at sea was hard; he experienced several floggings for insubordination, but he didn't have a moment of regret. He got to see the world and became an experienced mariner. Swallow's first voyage to Canton, China, was in 1826 aboard the ship Prince of Wales, a 120-gun man of war. The ship's assignment was to escort several British merchant ships from the East India Company who intended to trade with the Chinese. It was on this voyage that his life turned for the worse - he was arrested for pilfering the officer's larder. On arrival back in London he was court-marshalled. James Porter, also a very young seaman, had a similar life to William Swallow. His life also had a turn for the worse. He began his criminal career at the age of eleven. He went to sea and spent a large part of his young life in South America. He was arrested and sent to Sarah Island where he befriended William Swallow. He too embarked on a wondrous journey.
The Last Pirate Of New York
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Author : Rich Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-06-04
The Last Pirate Of New York written by Rich Cohen and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with History categories.
Was he New York City’s last pirate . . . or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthirsty underworld legend who conquered Manhattan, dock by dock—for fans of Gangs of New York and Boardwalk Empire. “History at its best . . . I highly recommend this remarkable book.”—Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God Handsome and charismatic, Albert Hicks had long been known in the dive bars and gin joints of the Five Points, the most dangerous neighborhood in maritime Manhattan. For years, he operated out of the public eye, rambling from crime to crime, working on the water in ships, sleeping in the nickel-a-night flops, drinking in barrooms where rat-baiting and bear-baiting were great entertainments. His criminal career reached its peak in 1860, when he was hired, under an alias, as a hand on an oyster sloop. His plan was to rob the ship and flee, disappearing into the teeming streets of lower Manhattan, as he’d done numerous times before, eventually finding his way back to his nearsighted Irish immigrant wife (who, like him, had been disowned by her family) and their infant son. But the plan went awry—the ship was found listing and unmanned in the foggy straits of Coney Island—and the voyage that was to enrich him instead led to his last desperate flight. Long fascinated by gangster legends, Rich Cohen tells the story of this notorious underworld figure, from his humble origins to the wild, globe-crossing, bacchanalian crime spree that forged his ruthlessness and his reputation, to his ultimate incarnation as a demon who terrorized lower Manhattan, at a time when pirates anchored off 14th Street. Advance praise for The Last Pirate of New York “A remarkable work of scholarship about old New York, combined with a skillfully told, edge-of-your-seat adventure story—I could not put it down.”—Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia “With its wise and erudite storytelling, Rich Cohen’s The Last Pirate of New York takes the reader on an exciting nonfiction narrative journey that transforms a grisly nineteenth-century murder into a shrewd portent of modern life. Totally unique, totally compelling, I enjoyed every page.”—Howard Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Gangland and American Lightning
The Last Pirate
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Author : Tony Dokoupil
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2014-04-01
The Last Pirate written by Tony Dokoupil and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow smugglers, Anthony Edward Dokoupil was the Old Man. He ran stateside operations for one of the largest marijuana rings of the twentieth century. In all they sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana, and Big Tony distributed at least fifty tons of it. To his son he was a rambling man who was also somehow a present father, a self-destructive addict who ruined everything but affection. Here Tony Dokoupil blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age.
Why We Love Pirates
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Author : Rebecca Simon
language : en
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Release Date : 2020-11-24
Why We Love Pirates written by Rebecca Simon and has been published by Mango Media Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-24 with History categories.
A historian presents “an excellent guide to how pirates became the outlaw celebrities of the high seas” (Greg Jenner, host of the You’re Dead to Me podcast). During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was well known in England and the American colonies. He was infamous for the very crime for which he was hanged, piracy. In this book, historian Rebecca Simon dives into the details of the two-year manhunt for Captain Kidd and the events that ensued. Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701, followed by a massive British-led hunt for all pirates during a period known as the Golden Age of Piracy. Ironically, public executions only increased the popularity of pirates. And, because the American colonies relied on pirates for smuggled goods such as spices, wines, and silks, pirates tended to be protected from capture. This is the story of how pirates became popularly viewed as “Robin Hoods of the Sea”—and how these historical events were pivotal in creating the portrayal of pirates as we know them today. “Only someone who has lived in the shadows chasing faded pirates for an age, and is blessed with creativity, can pull off a book of this high caliber.” —Wreck Watch Magazine
The Pirate Encyclopedia
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Author : Arne Zuidhoek
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-07-18
The Pirate Encyclopedia written by Arne Zuidhoek and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-18 with History categories.
The Pirate Encyclopedia, as the essential companion for scholars, students, and a general audience intrigued by tales and facts, offers the most complete body of data available on the legitimacy of more than 7.000 adventurers as subjects of investigation.
Summary Of Rich Cohen S The Last Pirate Of New York
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-05-10T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Rich Cohen S The Last Pirate Of New York written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10T22:59:00Z with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I grew up on gangster stories. I moved to New York to explore the parts of the city where these stories had taken place. I met a few living examples of the genus and species: New York gangster. #2 I wanted to track down and name the first New York gangster, the man behind all the other legends. I found that many consider Monk Eastman to have been the first, but when Eastman turned up in the dives, old-timers were already telling stories about gangsters of an earlier generation. #3 Hicks was a founding father of New York’s underworld. He was a demon, and he had that kind of charisma. He put his arm around the town and pulled its people close. In writing about him, reporters of the time were capturing a new kind of terror: the terror of the metropolis.
The Last Pirate A Novel By Wilson Hawthorne
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Author : Wilson Hawthorne
language : en
Publisher: The Last Pirate, W Hawthorne
Release Date : 2009
The Last Pirate A Novel By Wilson Hawthorne written by Wilson Hawthorne and has been published by The Last Pirate, W Hawthorne this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
The Atlantic Monthly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
The Atlantic Monthly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with American essays categories.
Ellis Island And The Immigrant Experience
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Author : Tim McNeese
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
Release Date : 2019-04-01
Ellis Island And The Immigrant Experience written by Tim McNeese and has been published by Infobase Holdings, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with History categories.
Located not far from the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island played a major role in American history. More than 16 million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. This curriculum-based eBook discusses Ellis Island and what it was like to be an immigrant in America during the period in which it was open. Bolstered by extensive photographs and a chronology, Ellis Island and the Immigrant Experience is ideal for students writing reports.
Esquire
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Esquire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Chicago (Ill.) categories.