Connecticut pirates & privateers : treasure and treachery in the Constitution State / Wick Griswold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griswold, Wick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privateering--Connecticut--History.

Privateering.

Pirates--Connecticut--History.

Pirates.

Connecticut--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.

Connecticut.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Connecticut pirates and privateers

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The waters, inlets and islands of Connecticut once swarmed with fabled corsairs like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard who may have buried their booty in Constitution State soil. In colonial times and through the nineteenth century, over one hundred privateers used the Connecticut River and waterways as a home port, influencing the geopolitics of the time. During the Revolutionary War, the infamous traitor Benedict Arnold attempted to destroy the state's privateer fleet. In 1779, Captain Elisha Hinman cleverly devised a system that allowed the large privateer ship Governor Trumbull to avoid enemy attack by becoming super-buoyant and passing over dangerous shoals. Wick Griswold uncovers the swashbuckling stories of Connecticut's pirates and privateers, brimming with historical facts and local myths.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-62585-450-1

OCLC:

934631229