THOMAS POUND: PILOT, PRIVATEER, CARTOGRAPHER, AND CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY

by Wayne Pounds

Though the Colony of Massachusetts convicted Thomas Pound of piracy, he was no pirate but a loyal servant of Sir Edmund Andros and the deposed Catholic king James II. This is the thread of fact to guide the reader through the labyrinthine maze of colonial politics. This matter take up chapters 1-2 of the book, while the later two chapters are devoted to Pound's family and genealogy, subjects that no one has written about before. Given the fact that Pound's nautical adventures took place in the vicinity of Nantucket, it is no surprise that Herman Melville figures largely in these pages.

100 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2020

About the author

Wayne Pounds, besides having published a stack of academic essays and monographs, is the perpetrator of five chapbooks of poetry, four books of family history, and a collection of documented narratives about early-day killings in Oklahoma. He was born in Oklahoma and grew up there and in northern California. He began his career as a poet in the 7th grade imitating Ogden Nash and his graduate career in the jungles of Vietnam keeping a low profile. PhDeed at the University of Kansas, 1976. Lived and taught in Japan thirty years, now retired. The attraction of his books may be that he sees American matters from Japan. The books he is willing to own may be found at Amazon.com with this link: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/ent...