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Pirates plundered other ships on the high seas while on the brig Crawford a cunning act of piracy was perpetrated by a veteran pirate leader. He slit his own throat to escape justice while three Spaniards he recruited stood trial with the esteemed Chief Justice John Marshall presiding over the federal court in Richmond, Virginia, in 1827, a rare trial. Follow the action in a blow-by blow description of the murder and mayhem right into the courtroom.

The intriguing story of three famous pirates in history - Scarlet Jack, Red Martin, and Blackbeard - as they terrorized a ship, and took the captain and a young family prisoner. How their lives intertwined throughout this story of swashbuckling buccaneers with romance, savagery, and the heroics of a slave makes this story originally told in the 1800s one of the best historical fiction accounts ever written.

The life of Ethan Aaron Douglas is chronicled as the ten-year-old joins his grandfather for a life on the Chesapeake Bay. With his grandfather as captain of a steamboat traveling between Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, the boy learns quickly about life on the water. From hurricanes to blue crabs, life on the Bay changes quickly. Learning Shakespeare and witnessing a hanging are just part of the life along the river.

True crime coverage from the pages of The Chesapeake Today in 2017 and early 2018 in the Chesapeake region of escalating instances of murder in the once wonderful city of Baltimore and nearby crime towns of Woodbridge, Va., Wilmington, Del., Waldorf, Md., Salisbury, Md., and the dangerous metropolitan regions of Washington, Richmond, and Norfolk.

Top crime stories from the Chesapeake Bay Tidewater Region, including accounts of historical murders 100 years ago. One such saga took place in Princess Anne, Maryland, when a mob of 5,000 overran a squad of State Troopers and plucked an accused rapist from jail and lynched him on the lawn next door to the home of the judge who had just made a passionate plea for the mob to go home.

The story of the Spanish Flu of 1918 is best told and understood from the newspaper reports of publications large and small from every corner of the United States. The news reports have been picked at random, with an emphasis on selecting news articles that told of effects in the rural, small towns, cities, army camps, navy yards, with armed forces deployed at sea and in France as well as on Indian Reservations.

The Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has suddenly noticed, after 32 years in Congress, that 11 statues placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol were of Confederate Generals and wants them removed. There is one more that Nancy might want to take a look at, and it's of her own father in Baltimore.

Roaring into the 20th century, the Ethan Douglas family faces new challenges with furious weather on the Chesapeake Bay, oyster wars, Titanic and Lusitania sinkings, new changes with women's suffrage, a world at war dragging America into conflict, and drug and alcohol addiction causing dozens of states to adopt Prohibition.

The Chesapeake: Six books in the series - Tales and Scales; Legends, Yarns, and Barnacles; Oyster Buyboats, Ships and Steamed Crabs; A Man Born to Hang Can't Drown; Country Cornpone Cornucopia; and Tidewater Sagas - provide the shared memories of those who lived life to the fullest in the Chesapeake region. This group of assembled scribes, poets, and storytellers aspires to one goal and one goal only: to entertain the listener. Most have been working hard at achieving the summit of worldly acclaim for decades.

The fifth audiobook in the series of short stories of and about people in and around the Tidewater Chesapeake region - along with a few stories from other regions when the writers travel or are deployed overseas.

Major crimes of murder, burglary, home invasions, kidnapping, carjackings, and distribution of heroin, cocaine, and meth are the primary focus of coverage in the Chesapeake region. Many reports include detailed accounts of plea deals and criminal history of the accused.

Adventures in prose from around the Chesapeake tidewater region told by an erstwhile and eclectic collection of writers. Ringmaster Ken Rossignol gathered together many of best and brightest of bards, poets, and tale-tellers to give their views, experiences, and fabrications in an entertaining way. Fans of short stories will enjoy the fourth book in The Chesapeake series and the valuable history told here of the Chesapeake region - with a few excursions led by the writers to other lands.

Major crimes of murder, burglary, home invasions, kidnapping, carjackings, and distribution of heroin, cocaine, and meth are the primary focus of coverage in the Chesapeake region. Many reports include detailed accounts of plea deals and criminal history of the accused.

Step onto the promenade deck of the Sea Empress for a cruise of a lifetime and become part of the world's greatest series of murder mysteries and thrillers in the Caribbean. Marsha and Danny Jones retired from law enforcement and thought it would be just the thing to break the boredom of retirement to be security consultants to protect the Seven Seas Company's finest ship from trouble. Terrorists, killers, and sinister crewmen all plan, plot, and purvey their own special brands of crime and death.

From Cap'n Larry Jarboe: One of the most common comments that CHESAPEAKE readers relate to me concern the fish pictures we feature in my articles about fishing. While most other writers of outdoor columns are content to hold up a fish or two, I strive for a cooler full, a full stringer, or a bucket full of fish for my effort. Many people ask how is it possible to catch so many fish in a morning or afternoon of fishing. My answer is simple. While most people focus on fishing, I concentrate on catching.

My wife just shot our waiter between the eyes when he came in with breakfast! But, he had it coming to him as he had a gun on the tray and was going to give us eggs Benedict with a Glock! Join Marsha and I as we work really hard to protect the Sea Empress and her passengers from threats from every direction. There have been so many shots taken at this ship by terrorists that the cruise line thought their business would sink. That is why we were hired to provide security.

One of the most sensational crimes of the 20th century took place when two wealthy young men decided to commit the perfect crime. Travel back in time to learn of how they planned their dastardly deed. From the carefully laid out plans for ransom and the brutal murder of a young boy, these two young men chose path which weaved through the Cook County courtroom with America's most famous attorney who slipped them off the hangman's gallows into prison for life.

Life in the Chesapeake region for the family of Ethan Aaron Douglas, from steamboats to newspapers, struggles of immigrants and the changes brought by the industrial revolution. The simple life of watermen and challenges of weather, fire and disaster in the era of 1880 to 1910 brought to life for the reader from a life-long resident of the Tidewater region. Catch up on the latest events from around the Chesapeake as told by the News Readers on the steamboats of the Old Bay Line to the passengers.

Many great accounts of the fateful night of April 14th and 15th of 1912 have been told about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Over the past one hundred and one years, the stories of the people and the disaster have been explained in art, movies, books, music, and verse. This audiobook begins with two original poems I have written to commemorate the ship's first, last, and only voyage and the heroics demonstrated by some of those souls on board, some who survived and others who did not.

There has never been a better time to begin boating on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Bargains on boats are everywhere and boats of every type can bring a lifetime of pleasure and memories to everyone. From wooden skiffs to cruise ships, the Bay is alive with vessels carrying folks fishing, thrill seeking or just puttering along and enjoying the breezes and the land of pleasant living.