Connecticut Pirates & Privateers: Treasure and Treachery in the Constitution State

by Wick Griswold

The waters, inlets and islands of Connecticut once swarmed with fabled corsairs like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard who may have buried their booty in Constitution State soil. In colonial times and through the nineteenth century, over one hundred privateers used the Connecticut River and waterways as a home port, influencing the geopolitics of the time. During the Revolutionary War, the infamous traitor Benedict Arnold attempted to destroy the state's privateer fleet. In 1779, Captain Elisha Hinman cleverly devised a system that allowed the large privateer ship Governor Trumbull to avoid enemy attack by becoming super-buoyant and passing over dangerous shoals. Wick Griswold uncovers the swashbuckling stories of Connecticut's pirates and privateers, brimming with historical facts and local myths.

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 24, 2015

Reviews

[Mary Tuohy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a New Yorker who resides on Long Island I found this book to be a very informative reminder of local heroism and the founding of our country. We often forget about the history that is right at our back door. The next time I take the ferry from Long Island to Connecticut I will keep this in mind.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this here book. Usually 'istory puts me to sleep, but this here book been excitin'. A must read fer anyone interested in gentlemen o' fortune an' revolutionary adventures.

Now, I be off with off to find all o' that there gentleman o' fortune treasure that there been buried with me scurvy arr, mates if only I 'ad the treasure map.