Captain William Kidd
- ISBN-10
- 1537820559
- ISBN-13
- 9781537820552
- Series
- Captain William Kidd
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-19
- Publisher
- Jovian Press
- Author
- John Abbott
Description
There are but few persons, in the United States, who have not heard the name of the renowned pirate, Captain Kidd. There are also but few to be found who have any intelligent conception of his wild and guilty career. The banks of the Hudson, the islands scattered through the Sound which skirts the southern New-England coast, and the wild rivers and craggy harbors which fringe the rugged shores of Maine, are all rich with legends of the exploits and hiding-places of this notorious buccaneer...
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