Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-154) and index.
Contents:
The characters : Pirates and privateers ; Smugglers ; Merchants, government officials and local residents -- The Setting -- The Conflict -- Part I. The colonies, the Crown and the pirates (1630-1750) : Richard Ingle ; Edward Davis, Lionel Delawafer, John Hinson and Peter Cloise ; Roger Makeele ; John James ; Captain Kidd ; Theophilus Turner ; Louis (Lewis) Guittar ; Black Sam Bellamy ; Richard Worley ; Blackbeard ; Legends -- Part II. Patriots and loyalists: Pirates of the Revolution (1754-1783) : The Baltimore hero ; John Greenwood versus Joseph Wheland Jr. ; Joseph Wheland Jr.'s early career ; Marmaduke and Stephen Mister fill the void ; Wheland returns ; Battle of the Barges -- Part III. Trials and tribulations of a new nation (The War of 1812) : Thomas Kemp, shipbuilder extraordinaire ; Captain Thomas Boyle and the comet ; Thomas Boyle and the chasseur ; George R. Roberts ; George Little: twenty years at sea ; Joshua Barney ; War's end -- Part IV. A nation divided: confederate pirates, raiders and privateers (1860-1865) : John Taylor Wood and his raiders ; John Yates Beall and Beall's Party ; Thaddeus Fitzhugh ; End of the War -- Part V. The Pearl of the Chesapeake: The Oyster Wars (1865-1959) : Prime Pickin's ; The First Oyster War (1882-1883) ; The Second Oyster War (1883-1884) -- H.P. Cannon and the Maud Muller ; The deadliest Oyster War (1888-1894) ; William Frank Whitehouse and the Albert Nickel -; Gus Rice and the J.C. Mahoney ; Captain T.C.B. Howard and the Oyster Pirates of the Chester River -- Conclusion of the Oyster Wars.
Summary:
The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating history of intrigue, plunder and illicit commerce raiding. Author Jamie L.H. Goodall introduces infamous men like Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, as well as lesser-known local figures like Gus Price and Berkeley Muse, whose tales of piracy are legendary from the harbor of Baltimore to the shores of Cape Charles.
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