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Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer.
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Kidd, Sarah.
Kidd, William, d. 1701.
Women pirates -- Biography.
Women pirates -- History.
Pirates -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Pirates -- Indian Ocean -- History -- 17th century.
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Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer.
Kidd, Sarah.
Kidd, William, d. 1701.
Women pirates -- Biography.
Women pirates -- History.
Pirates -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Pirates -- Indian Ocean -- History -- 17th century.
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The
pirate
's
wife
: the
remarkable
true
story
of
Sarah
Kidd
/ Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos.
by
Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer.
Center Point Large Print, 2023, c2022.
Call #:
LP 910.45092 G292p
Subjects
Kidd
,
Sarah
.
Kidd
, William, d. 1701.
Women pirates -- Biography.
Women pirates -- History.
Pirates -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Pirates -- Indian Ocean -- History -- 17th century.
ISBN:
9781638086123 (large print hc.)
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
278 p. (large print); 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Historian Geanacopoulos (The
Pirate
Next Door) delivers a colorful biography of
Sarah
Kidd
née Bradley, the
wife
and 'closest confidante' of privateer William
Kidd
. The daughter of a widowed sea captain,
Sarah
emigrated from England to New York with her family in 1684. Her father partnered with a wealthy merchant named William Cox and arranged Cox'
s
marriage to
Sarah
. Though Cox helped
Sarah
open a shop for 'imported high-end goods' in Manhattan, she was not entitled to it when he died in 1689. Recognizing that 'a woman’s place in colonial society was through her husband,'
Sarah
quickly remarried but soon met and fell in love with Captain
Kidd
, a privateer 'hired to legally plunder and seize enemy French ships.' After her second husband's death,
Sarah
and
Kidd
married, and he acquired a lucrative commission to hunt French ships and pirates in the Indian Ocean. The mission proved to be his downfall, however, when he was convicted of 'turning
pirate
' and hanged in 1701;
Sarah
took the location of Kidd'
s
buried treasure to her death 40 years later. Though
Sarah
remains a somewhat enigmatic figure, Geanacopoulos packs the narrative with intriguing details about piracy and privateering in colonial America. This seafaring tale fascinates."--Publishers Weekly.
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