| PAGE | | Preface | vii | | Carlo Zeno: Hero of the Venetian Republic | 1 | | Sir Francis Drake: Rover and Sea Ranger | 23 | | Sir Walter Raleigh: Persecutor of the Spaniards | 53 | | Jean Bart: The Scourge of the Dutch | 83 | | Du Guay-Trouin: The Great French “Blue” | 113 | | Edward England: Terror of the South Seas | 137 | | Woodes Rogers: The Bristol Mariner | 153 | | Fortunatus Wright: The Most Hated Privateersman of the Mediterranean Sea | 173 | | George Walker: Winner of the Gamest Sea Fight of the English Channel | 199 | | John Paul Jones: The Founder of the American Navy | 239 | | Captain Silas Talbot: Staunch Privateersman of New England | 283 | | Captain “Josh” Barney: The Irrepressible Yankee | 299 | | Robert Surcouf: The “Sea Hound” from St. Malo | 319 | | Lafitte: Privateer, Pirate, and Terror of the Gulf of Mexico | 341 | | Raphael Semmes: Despoiler of American Commerce | 373 | | El Capitan | 393 | | Retrospect | 397 |
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