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Follow on Google News | Books-A-Million to Host Book Signing for Connecticut Pirates & PrivateersLocal author, Wick Griswold, will be available to sign copies of book
Local author, Wick Griswold, will be available to sign copies of book The waters, inlets and islands of Connecticut once swarmed with fabled corsairs like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard who may have buried their booty in Constitution State soil. In colonial times and through the nineteenth century, over one hundred privateers used the Connecticut River and waterways as a home port, influencing the geopolitics of the time. During the Revolutionary War, the infamous traitor Benedict Arnold attempted to destroy the state’s privateer fleet. In 1779, Captain Elisha Hinman cleverly devised a system that allowed the large privateer ship Governor Trumbull to avoid enemy attack by becoming super-buoyant and passing over dangerous shoals. Wick Griswold uncovers the swashbuckling stories of Connecticut’ Join the author for a signing: Where: Books- 915 Hartford Tpke Waterford, CT 06385 When: Saturday, September 12th, 2015; 1:00 p.m. —3:00 p.m. Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/ With more than 12,000 titles in print, Arcadia Publishing & The History Press is the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that enrich lives and bring readers closer to their community, their neighbors, and their past. www.arcadiapublishing.com www.historypress.net. End
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