Book Review: The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Richard Zacks
Class/Genre:   Non-Fiction   Biography   True Crime
Hyperion, Jun 2002, $25.95, 400 pp.

This book is a surprising treasure that brings to life more than just the shocking life of Captain Kidd. The biography also takes an up close look at the late seventeenth century on the high seas and in the major harbor towns. Digging into the documentation, author Richard Zacks contends that Captain William Kidd was not a cutthroat killing pirate; but instead he was a family man renowned as a New York sea captain. Thus, merchants and politicians like the governor of the New York colony hired Kidd to chase down pirates like Robert Culliford to reclaim the booty they stole. THE PIRATE HUNTER THE TRUE STORY OF CAPTAIN KIDD is a fabulous historical biography that never slows down and worth reading for as much as learning the real record as for how well Mr. Zacks tells a nonfiction adventure tale.

Harriet Klausner

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