tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post2009266934390493621..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Black BeardPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-21423666415439539802013-11-04T14:22:03.367-05:002013-11-04T14:22:03.367-05:00A note from Kevin Duffus: "Soon I will be get...A note from Kevin Duffus: "Soon I will be getting to work on the 4th edition which I expect to have printed by next spring. America’s pirate history is nothing like the Hollywood pop-culture, romantic, fairy tale version so perpetuated by publishers and producers and adored by its fans. True pirate history is actually more interesting, more complex, more relevant to our own life and times. Certainly, there’s a place in our hearts and minds for folklore and fiction, for swashbuckling, swaggering, Errol Flynn-like pirates, but we should never fail to understand and appreciate the real story."Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.com