The atrocities of the pirates : being a faithful narrative of the unparalleled sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the pirates of the island of Cuba; with an account of the excesses and barbarities of those inhuman freebooters. /
Smith, Aaron, active 1823-1852.
The atrocities of the pirates : being a faithful narrative of the unparalleled sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the pirates of the island of Cuba; with an account of the excesses and barbarities of those inhuman freebooters. / Aaron Smith (who was himself afterwards tried at the Old Bailey as a pirate, and acquitted.). - London : For G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. - xi, 214 pages ; 20 cm
"Apparently a much embellished record by a sympathising friend. Clearly padded with a romantic love adventure, and necessarily open to suspicion."--Dict. nat. blog., q. v. for account of Smith's two trials, 1823 and 1850, on the one charge Printer statement on t.p. verso: "Joseph Mallet, Printer, 59, Wardour-street, Soho, London"
02015014
003412519 Uk
Smith, Aaron, active 1823-1852.
1822-1823
Pirates.
Captivity.
Captivity narratives.
Pirates.
Caribbean Area.
Cuba.
Pirate captivity narratives.
History.
Pirate captivity narratives.
Captivity narratives.
F2161 / .S64
910.453 Smi
The atrocities of the pirates : being a faithful narrative of the unparalleled sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the pirates of the island of Cuba; with an account of the excesses and barbarities of those inhuman freebooters. / Aaron Smith (who was himself afterwards tried at the Old Bailey as a pirate, and acquitted.). - London : For G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. - xi, 214 pages ; 20 cm
"Apparently a much embellished record by a sympathising friend. Clearly padded with a romantic love adventure, and necessarily open to suspicion."--Dict. nat. blog., q. v. for account of Smith's two trials, 1823 and 1850, on the one charge Printer statement on t.p. verso: "Joseph Mallet, Printer, 59, Wardour-street, Soho, London"
02015014
003412519 Uk
Smith, Aaron, active 1823-1852.
1822-1823
Pirates.
Captivity.
Captivity narratives.
Pirates.
Caribbean Area.
Cuba.
Pirate captivity narratives.
History.
Pirate captivity narratives.
Captivity narratives.
F2161 / .S64
910.453 Smi