Chronicles the life of Stephen Decatur, discussing his childhood in Philadelphia, schooling, entrance in the U.S. Navy, years as a naval captain, military achievements, and other related topics.
In 1587, ex-soldier David Becket struggles to deal with his tortured past and the discovery that someone in the heart of the English Commonwealth may be selling munitions to the Spanish.
Presents the history and exploits of a number of notorious pirates on the high seas including Englishman Captain Kidd, how he was captured, sentenced, and executed and also contains accounts of piracies in the West Indies.
accounts of involuntary service aboard navy and pirate vessels, 1700-1820
Choate, Jean
2010
Provides accounts of men who were taken against their will and forced into service within the British Navy or aboard pirate ships during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
