The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd
by A. B. C. Whipple
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This biography of the seventeenth-century New York merchant concentrates on the last six years of his life and the mission which led to his conviction and execution.Tags
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An engaging account of the last 5-6 years of Captain Kidd's life in which he was commissioned to hunt pirates in the Indian Ocean and which ended in his excution in London. Seeks to correct the historical record which for centuries identified Captain Kidd as a pirate, and follows more recent evidence that suggests he was a sacrificial lamb for political purposes.
An engaging account of the last 5-6 years of Captain Kidd's life in which he was commissioned to hunt pirates in the Indian Ocean and which ended in his excution in London. Seeks to correct the historical record which for centuries identified Captain Kidd as a pirate, and follows more recent evidence that suggests he was a sacrificial lamb for political purposes.
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