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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Patton, Robert H. (Robert Holbrook), 1957-     Subjects     Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790     Privateering -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.     United States -- Foreign relations -- France.     France -- Foreign relations -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Patton, Robert H. (Robert Holbrook), 1957-       by title:      Patriot pirates : th...         MARC Display

Patriot pirates : the privateer war for freedom and fortune in the American Revolution / Robert H. Patton. by Patton, Robert H. (Robert Holbrook), 1957- New York : Pantheon Books, c2008. Subjects Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790   Privateering -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.   United States -- Foreign relations -- France.   France -- Foreign relations -- United States. ISBN:  9780375422843 : 0375422846 : Description:  xxii, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  A revelation of America's War of Independence, a sweeping tale of maritime rebel-entrepreneurs bent on personal profit as well as national freedom. Privateers were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores. Patton writes how privateering engaged all levels of Revolutionary life, from the dockyards to the assembly halls; how it gave rise to an often cutthroat network of agents who sold captured goods and sparked wild speculation in purchased shares in privateer ventures, enabling sailors to make more money in a month than they might otherwise earn in a year; and how they turned their seafaring talents to the slave trade. Vast fortunes made through privateering survive to this day, among them those of the Peabodys, Cabots, and Lowells of Massachusetts, and the Derbys and Browns of Rhode Island.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.35 Pa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.35 Patton Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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