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PREFACE

CARLO ZENO HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC (1344-1418)

HARKEE, BOYS!

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROVER AND SEA RANGER (1540-1596)

SEA IRONY

SIR WALTER RALEIGH PERSECUTOR OF THE SPANIARDS (1552-1618)

THE VANISHED SAILORS

JEAN BART THE SCOURGE OF THE DUTCH (1650-1702)

DU GUAY-TROUIN THE GREAT FRENCH “BLUE” (1673-1736)

EDWARD ENGLAND TERROR OF THE SOUTH SEAS (1690?- about 1725)

SONG OF THE PIRATE

WOODES ROGERS THE BRISTOL MARINER (?-1736)

TWILIGHT AT SEA

FORTUNATUS WRIGHT THE MOST HATED PRIVATEERSMAN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (1715-1765)

THE DEEP

GEORGE WALKER WINNER OF THE GAMEST SEA FIGHT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (1727-1777)

BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD

JOHN PAUL JONES THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY (1747-1792)

THE ESCAPE

CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT STAUNCH PRIVATEERSMAN OF NEW ENGLAND (1751-1813)

CAPTAIN “JOSH” BARNEY THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANKEE (1759-1818)

THE DERELICT

ROBERT SURCOUF THE “SEA HOUND” FROM ST. MALO (1773-1827)

THE CRY FROM THE SHORE

LAFITTE PRIVATEER, PIRATE, AND TERROR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO (1780-1826)

THE PIRATE’S LAMENT

THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS

RAPHAEL SEMMES DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE (1809-1877)

EL CAPITAN

RETROSPECT