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The Pirate Hunter

The Pirate Hunter

The True Story of Captain Kidd

by Richard Zacks

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appears in Pirate, History, and Nonfiction.

Everybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America's most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. 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 1690...

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appears in Pirate, History, and Nonfiction.

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