Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution
Year: 2008 Language: english Author: Robert H. Patton Genre: History Publisher: Pantheon Books ISBN: 978-0-30737755-5 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 281 Description: In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution. Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role played by colonial privateers in defeating Britain in the American Revolution. American privateering-essentially legalized piracy-began with a ragtag squadron of New England schooners in 1775. It quickly erupted into a massive seaborne insurgency involving thousands of money-mad patriots plundering Britain's maritime trade throughout Atlantic. Patton's extensive research brings to life the extraordinary adventures of privateers as they hammered the British economy, infuriated the Royal Navy, and humiliated the crown. Additional info: About the author: Robert H. Patton's most recent novel, Cajun Waltz, received the 2017 Connecticut Book of the Year Award for fiction from Connecticut Humanities. A family saga set in southwest Louisiana in the first half of the 20th Century, the novel is available from Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press).
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Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution
Language: english
Author: Robert H. Patton
Genre: History
Publisher: Pantheon Books
ISBN: 978-0-30737755-5
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 281
Description: In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution. Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role played by colonial privateers in defeating Britain in the American Revolution. American privateering-essentially legalized piracy-began with a ragtag squadron of New England schooners in 1775. It quickly erupted into a massive seaborne insurgency involving thousands of money-mad patriots plundering Britain's maritime trade throughout Atlantic. Patton's extensive research brings to life the extraordinary adventures of privateers as they hammered the British economy, infuriated the Royal Navy, and humiliated the crown.
Additional info: About the author:
Robert H. Patton's most recent novel, Cajun Waltz, received the 2017 Connecticut Book of the Year Award for fiction from Connecticut Humanities. A family saga set in southwest Louisiana in the first half of the 20th Century, the novel is available from Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press).
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