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Kert, Faye, - Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Goose Lane Editions, (2005). VG PB. New Brunswick Military Heritage Series, volume 6. Sailing from New Brunswick ports, pirates and privateers scourged the. Atlantic coast throughout the 19th century. Legitimized with letters of marque and reprisal, they fought a private war against the King's enemies - the Americans. The final act in this enterprise came during the Civil War, whe a gang of Saint John ne-er-do-wells captured a passenger steamer, the SS Chesapeake, on behalf of the Confederacy.
USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 10.5 | JP¥ 2033] Book number BOOKS051816I

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