Pirates of the North Atlantic

In the seventeenth, eighteenth, and even nineteenth centuries, the North Atlantic Ocean was an extremely attractive place to pirates. In these waters, pirate crews could ambush Spanish ships filled with gold and Newfoundland ships filled with salted fish and hide fugitive ships in isolated coves, such as in the Annapolis Valley. In an easy-to-read literary style, William Crooker brings together for the first time the pirate stories most tightly bound to our cold waters. He recounts bone-chilling episodes of greed and murder on the high seas, and reminds us of our ties to famous ships like Saladin, Zero, and Teazer. The bestselling author of Oak Island Gold, Crooker is a master storyteller who will easily capture the imagination of any reader brave enough to face the Pirates of the North Atlantic.