Legalized piracy in 1775.(BOOKS)

The Washington Times | July 13, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Philip Kopper, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

With our most historical holiday just passed, this star-spangled history may be your best patriotic read this July. Title characters in "Patriot Pirates" include the American Revolution's saltiest heroes, among them scurvy underdogs, freebooting seamen and fat cat entrepreneurs who together played a tidal role in our war of independence.

Robert H. Patton writes at the start that American "privateering legalized piracy in the shortest of shorthand" was ordered by George Washington himself while besieging ...

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