Stockton Frank R. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1898. — 325 p.When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me, and in my reading of the adventures of the bold sea-rovers of the main, I had unconsciously selected those portions of a pirate's life which were attractive to me, and had totally disregarded all the rest.