Ebook {Epub PDF} The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks

The Pirate Hunter is exhaustively researched and chock full of details about the trials and tribulations of Captain William Kidd. Unfortunately, I found Zacks' writing to Cited by: The Pirate Hunter is exhaustively researched and chock full of details about the trials and tribulations of Captain William Kidd. Unfortunately, I found Zacks' writing to .  · Author Richard Zacks, during his research, also unearthed the story of a long forgotten rogue named Robert Culliford, who dogged Kidd and led Kidd's crew to mutiny not once but twice. The lives of Kidd and Culliford play out like an unscripted duel: one man would hang in the harbor, the other would walk away with the treasure.3/5(11).

Author Richard Zacks in this book alone has proven to be a grand master of research. Much of the success of "Pirate Hunter' rests on unimaginable hours of pouring over documents, diaries, letters, old books and anything else he could get his hands on pertaining to Captain Kidd, Robert Culliford, pirates in general and the late 17th century in particular. Zacks, Richard. The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd. New York: Theia. Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide) Zacks, Richard, The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd. New York: Theia, MLA Citation (style guide) Zacks, Richard. The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd. New York: Theia. Buy The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd Unabridged by Zacks, Richard, Prichard, Michael (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Though Kidd, better known as Captain Kidd, was inextricably bound with piracy and has popularly gone down as a marauding buccaneer himself, Zacks (An Underground Education) argues that he was actually a mercenary backed by the English government and several New World investors to track down pirates and reclaim their stolen wares. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captain hired to chase pirates, a married war hero whose secret mission took a spectacularly bad turn. This harrowing tale traces Kidd's voyages in the s. Author Richard Zacks, during his research, also unearthed the story of a long forgotten rogue named Robert Culliford, who dogged Kidd and led Kidd's crew to mutiny not once but twice. The lives of Kidd and Culliford play out like an unscripted duel: one man would hang in the harbor, the other would walk away with the treasure.