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　　In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson

of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of

courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political

intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution.

Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role

played by colonial privateers in defeating Britain in the American

Revolution. American privateering-essentially legalized

piracy-began with a ragtag squadron of New England schooners in

1775. It quickly erupted into a massive seaborne insurgency

involving thousands of money-mad patriots plundering Britain's

maritime trade throughout Atlantic. Patton's extensive research

brings to life the extraordinary adventures of privateers as they

hammered the British economy, infuriated the Royal Navy, and

humiliated the crown.

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“Entertaining and enlightening. . . . [Patton] has dug deep into

Revolutionary War-era records and writes with verve.”–The

Washington Post Book World“The British had always accused us

of being pirates and thieves. Robert Patton’s fascinating account

of privateering during the American Revolution nicely proves their

point.”–Winston Groom“Wonderfully told.” –The Hartford

Courant“Intriguing. . . . Lively and instructive. . . .

Patriot Pirates is not ‘revisionist’ or ‘alternative’

history. What it offers is neglected history, the study of a

crucial theater of the Revolution that has been overlooked, perhaps

because it lacks the mythic cutouts we like to champion on the

Fourth of July.”–The Washington Times“Having, as an

Englishman, been brought up on Hornblower and Nelson, I was

fascinated to read Robert Patton’s Patriot Pirates and to

discover what I never knew about the American Hornblowers–the

privateers of the Revolutionary War and their extraordinary

adventures. For all those who love history and the sea, this is

soul-stirring stuff, as good as reading a Patrick O’Brian novel,

except that every word is true.”–Michael Korda, author of

Ulysses S. Grant and Ike“A fascinating account that

would make an exciting television series. . . . [Patton] has done

great work to bring this story to life.”–Proceedings

Magazine (U.S. Naval Institute)“Patton gives an absorbing

exhumation of an undersung subject that will be of particular

interest to Revolution buffs.”–Publishers Weekly“In this

deeply considered book, based on overlooked primary sources, Robert

H. Patton illuminates the raucous, illicit origins of our American

democracy. The privateers of the Revolution operated in a

twilit world of idealism and greed, launching the new nation

on the double edge that would thereafter define it.

Many familiar names–the Browns of Providence, the Cabots and

Derbys of Salem, the Binghams and Franklins of Philadelphia–appear

here in unfamiliar, less admirable ways. With neither rancor nor

illusions, Patriot Pirates reminds us again of the mystery

and unpredictability of true history.”–Stephen Fox, author of

Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate

Raider CSS Alabama“A fascinating case study in free enterprise.

. . . Patton’s book is an eye-opener”–The Georgetown Record

(Massachusetts)“A well-written examination of an obscure aspect of

American military history.”–Booklist“Illuminating. . . . A

pleasing mixture of high-seas adventure and shrewd

analysis.”–Kirkus Reviews

书籍介绍

In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution. Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role played by colonial privateers in defeating Britain in the American Revolution. American privateering-essentially legalized piracy-began with a ragtag squadron of New England schooners in 1775. It quickly erupted into a massive seaborne insurgency involving thousands of money-mad patriots plundering Britain's maritime trade throughout Atlantic. Patton's extensive research brings to life the extraordinary adventures of privateers as they hammered the British economy, infuriated the Royal Navy, and humiliated the crown.