Plunder and Pillage: Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and Privateers

For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateers?licenced by governments to harass the enemy?aimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo. Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, Peter Easton, still celebrated as a great Newfoundlander and famed privateer Enos Collins, the wealthiest ship owner in British North America and owner of the Black Joke. This new collection brings together the best of Harold Horwood's writing on pirates and privateers, and offers rich, edge-of-your-seat, highseas adventure. The stories of Atlantic Canada's most brutal and bloodthirsty pirates and privateers, as told by a master story-teller.For over 300 years, lawlessness flourished off Canada's east coast where pirates roamed the North Atlantic. Privateers. licenced by governments to harass the enemy, aimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo. This collection tells their compelling stories and offers rich, edge-of-your-seat, high seas adventure.HAROLD HORWOOD was a labour union organizer, a close collaborator of Newfoundland's first premier Joey Smallwood in the campaign for Confederation, founding vice-chair of The Writers' Union of Canada, and author of 24 books. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1980. Pirates, adventure stories, age of sail, privateers, sea stories, Canadian outlaws, Canadian history, maritime adventure, Canadian author. BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals and Outlaws,HISTORY / Canada / General The stories of Atlantic Canada's most brutal and bloodthirsty pirates and privateers, as told by a master story-teller. For over 300 years, lawlessness flourished off Canada's east coast where pirates roamed the North Atlantic. Privateers. licenced by governments to harass the enemy, aimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo. This collection tells their compelling stories and offers rich, edge-of-your-seat, high seas adventure. HAROLD HORWOOD was a labour union organizer, a close collaborator of Newfoundland's first premier Joey Smallwood in the campaign for Confederation, founding vice-chair of The Writers' Union of Canada, and author of 24 books. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1980. Pirates, adventure stories, age of sail, privateers, sea stories, Canadian outlaws, Canadian history, maritime adventure, Canadian author. For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateerslicensed by governments to harass the enemyaimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo. Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, Peter Easton, still celebrated as a great Newfoundlander and famed privateer Enos Collins, the wealthiest ship owner in British North America and owner of the Black Joke. This new collection brings together the best of Harold Horwood's writing on pirates and privateers, and offers rich, edge-of-your-seat, highseas adventure. Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Great Easton -- Henry Mainwaring -- David Kirke And The Band Of Brothers -- Sailing Against Acadia -- John Phillips -- Bartholomew Roberts -- Sea Wolves Of The Golden Age -- Sailing Against New France -- The Spirit Of '76 -- Godfrey And The Rover -- Masterless Men -- The Black Joke -- Winners And Losers In The War Of 1812 -- The Pirate Of The Thousand Islands -- The Grey Ghost Of Fundy -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index. Harold Horwood. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 208-210) And Index. Issued Also In An Electronic Format. For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateers, who were licensed by governments to harass the enemy, aimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo.