Randall Sullivan
Who doesn’t love pirate stories? Adventure, freedom, exciting battles, chests of gold… So it’s no surprise the mystery of Oak Island, located off the shores of Nova Scotia, have fascinated us for centuries.
In the late 1790s, a group of teens exploring the heavily wooded island found a …
Robert Kurson
The idea of leaving your day job and mundane life and heading out to sea to find pirate treasure can sound like a pipe dream. But there really are people whose business is to search for lost treasure. …
And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston, and his writing partner Lincoln Child, are best known for the best-selling Special Agent Pendergast novels. These include two of my all-time favorites – Still Life With Crows and The Cabinet of Curiosities. Preston has written …
George McDonald Fraser
Rivaling Terry Pratchett for the king of humorous writing, George McDonald Fraser creates a fictional vision of the pirate life lifted directly from Treasure Island and Basil Rathbone movies with touches of slap-stick (if fruitcart then chase scene). Fraser’s pirates are walking, talking, larger-than-life pirate stereotypes. …
“Captain Charles Johnson”
…Such a day, rum all out – our company somewhat sober, a damnedd confusion amongst us! Rogues a plotting – great talk of separation. So I looked sharp for a prize – such a day took one, with a great deal of liquor on board; so kept
“Captain Charles Johnson”
…“Such a day, rum all out – our company somewhat sober, a damnedd confusion amongst us! Rogues a plotting – great talk of separation. So I looked sharp for a prize – such a day took one, with a great deal of liquor on board; so kept
