“An autobiography marked by somewhat unusual frankness, and by unmistakable sincerity.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 847. D. 8, ’06. 230w. | |
| Outlook. 84: 891. D. 8, ’06. 150w. |
Smith, Ruel Perley. Prisoners of fortune. $1.50. Page.
7–5061.
A story of shipwreck and romance, of treasure stores, of intrigue, of wreckers and swarthy pirates. It is purported to be told in 1757, after an interval of fifty odd years, by one who at the time of the happenings was “active and strong and full of bold enterprisings.” The Atlantic shore waters are the scene of the adventures, and such bold spirits as Quelch and the famous Blackbeard of pirate notoriety animate the pages.
“A good old-fashioned story of Massachusetts bay in the days of Cotton Mather, a story told with the affected garrulity of reminiscent old age,” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 378. Je. 16, ’07. 120w. |
“If one is very, very young, and not particular about the quality of his pirates, the blunderbuss type portrayed in this book may satisfy him.”