Kidnapped by Pirates - Evelyn Hilton Hilton Gill Gill
- Based on the True Story of a Fourteen Year-Old Boy, Charles Tilton, Who Was Kidnapped Alone from an American Whaler by
Kidnapped by Pirates is based on the true story of fourteen year-old Charles Tilton, who was kidnapped alone in 1814 from a New England whaler by some of Jean Lafitte's rogue pirates. They brought the boy to their Galveston Island base, just off the Texas coast and presented him to Lafitte as a ransom prize. Enraged that the men had attacked and American vessel and sailors, the French buccaneer had the disobedient men hung. He then offered Charles a job as cabin boy, which he accepted. Charles ended up staying for 6 exciting years of adventure!
In
1820, the U.S. Government sent naval ships to disband the
thousand-man base at Galveston but, before they arrived, the
French buccaneer split all the spoils with his men and they
all headed in different directions. Charles sailed up Texas'
Trinity River, to Old River, then into Lost Lake where he
and 3 friends buried his share of the gold and scuttled the
schooner Lafitte had given him to avoid detection. He
applied for a MX land grant, built a house on the bank, and
later married and had nine children. He never forgot his
exciting years with Lafitte, which are related in this
intriguing book...
EAN: 9781426920172
Kidnapped by Pirates is based on the true story of fourteen year-old Charles Tilton, who was kidnapped alone in 1814 from a New England whaler by some of Jean Lafitte's rogue pirates. They brought the boy to their Galveston Island base, just off the Texas coast and presented him to Lafitte as a ransom prize. Enraged that the men had attacked and American vessel and sailors, the French buccaneer had the disobedient men hung. He then offered Charles a job as cabin boy, which he accepted. Charles ended up staying for 6 exciting years of adventure!
In
1820, the U.S. Government sent naval ships to disband the
thousand-man base at Galveston but, before they arrived, the
French buccaneer split all the spoils with his men and they
all headed in different directions. Charles sailed up Texas'
Trinity River, to Old River, then into Lost Lake where he
and 3 friends buried his share of the gold and scuttled the
schooner Lafitte had given him to avoid detection. He
applied for a MX land grant, built a house on the bank, and
later married and had nine children. He never forgot his
exciting years with Lafitte, which are related in this
intriguing book...
EAN: 9781426920172