Skull and Saltire : Stories of Scottish Piracy
by Hewitson, Jim
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 184502026X
- ISBN 13
- 9781845020262
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Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Black & White Publishing Limited, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6.25" x 9.25. p/b 236 pages, condition is very good. PIRATES! The word is enough to send a shiver through your timbers. A nation such as the Scots, with its seafaring tradition, inevitably has a history of lawlessness at sea. From the earliest times, shrewd sailors realised that, by branching out as government agents, privateers or freelance plunderers, they could make more than just a living. nautical Scots played a part in the Golden Age of Piracy, in the seventeenth century, most notably in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. But the story of Scottish piracy probably stretches back to Roman times and teaches up to the present day. In this exploration of a little-known aspect of Scottish seafaring, Jim Hewitson hauls up the anchor, hoists the Jolly Roger and takes us into some unexpected waters to meet characters such as; Kirkcudbright-born John Paul Jones, founder of the US Navy, hero to the Americans, rogue pirate to the British; Sweyn Asleifsen, an Orkney-based pirate who spent half the year as a peaceful farmer and the other as a wild sea raider; and Greenock's Captain Kidd, the notorious piratical stereotype, who turns out to be more of a naive fall guy than a swashbuckling adventurer.
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- Bookseller
- Hanselled Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062366
- Title
- Skull and Saltire : Stories of Scottish Piracy
- Author
- Hewitson, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 184502026X
- ISBN 13
- 9781845020262
- Publisher
- Black & White Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 6.25" x 9.25
- Keywords
- true crime scottish scotland
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
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Burntisland, Fife
About Hanselled Books
Hanselled Books has been providing Quality Online Service since 2002. We were an exclusively web based business but in October 2009 we opened retail premises in Burntisland Fife, allowing us to expand the range of books on offer.We stock a range of second-hand and new books; we are particularly strong in Scottish Interest and difficult to find titles. With over 16,000 book titles in stock we are sure you will find something to suit your wants.
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