Carolina Buccaneer

Yes, it's amazing how well all the finds are still in so good condition after 300 years. I have three of of Barry Cliffords books, great reading ! "Expedtion Whydah" ," Return to Treasure Island and the search for Captian Kid" and "The Lost Fleet, The Discovery of a Sunken Armada From the Golden Age of Piracy,"

I order me a copy, looks like great reading, Ahhhhh!!! http://www.captain-quelch.com/index.html

Pat Croce, who own's Pirate Soul Museum in Key West , Florida is helping to produce and make a major movie on BlackBeard, to come out in 2010. http://www.patcroce.com/blog/?p=75

I thought the same here, I saw the date 1780, oh well, not the Golden Age 1690 to 1720, but close, but like you said, an interesting artical.

I found this while searching the web for the true Jolly Roger's, thought all ye Pirate's would like to see this, I thought it was very interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/6222054.stm

I know this has nothing to do with pirate history, but I thought I would let everyone know about this if ye live along the east coast of the U.S., I just check out accu weather, saying the storm in the Caribbean right now could strengthen into a hurricane early next week and could be a threat to South & North Carolina and even New England. So, keep a sharpe eye out I tell ya, she could a blowing come next week.

Here's a website I found that talks about the true Jolly Roger's and their true designs, pretty interesting. http://www.bonaventure.org.uk/ed/flags.htm

At last !! I got the book in the mail today ! Ah , got some good reading I do . I just looked thru the book before starting to read it, but it say's Blackbeards flag was a death head and not the design we are so use to, with the devil skeleton and hour glass and bleeding heart. I've read this before on another Pirate forum by a man named Foxe, he has his own website about the true designs on diffrent Pirate flags. He say's alot of them were made up later and wasn't the real flag design. What's your thoughts on this ?

I know how you felt, when you visited that gravesite, I've had the same feeling while walking thru old cemeteries , you can't describe it till you do it. I love looking at old tombstones, their like a museum to me. I wonder if blackbeard didn't have more than one sister, you would think he would have, in that time period there was very large families, just him and a sister doesn't sound right, I'm sure he might of had some brother's too, just my thought's of doing genealogical research myself thru the years.

I order me a copy of the book Friday, should get it this week, I thought I would have it in the mail today, not there yet, since I only live 4 hours from Wilmington, snail mail , MERCY !! By what you have said about the book, should be interesting reading, I read your story about finding the grave of Blackbeards sister, interesting, did Kevin put any pictures of the grave site in the book ? I would love to see that myself in person since I live in North Carolina. I always thought Blackbeard had to have had some decendents, him being with so many women in his lifetime. Did Kevin have any information about possible decendents ? I thought the part I read on the web about them possibly finding one of Blackbeards shipmates skeleton in a family buriel site in the eastern part of N.C., and they have the Skeleton in Raliegh I believe, he talked about getting DNA test done on it, to prove it's the man he thinks it is, did he talk more about this in the book ? Well, I want let you tell me everything about it, I want to read it myself, HA !! Where's he going to be at to talk about the book you said ?

I bought mine from the History channel ., They may still have it ., you can try there. You can also order it from the North Carolina Maritime Museum store, go here: http://www.NCmaritimemuseum.com/blteatsea.html

Yea, I happen to find out about the book while looking for any decendents of Blackbeard on the web and came onto his book, glad I found it, I just order me a copy this past Friday, should get it this week, by what you said, it sounds like great reading, I would love to meet the author one day, he lives in Raleigh, N.C., which is about a 2 hour drive from me. According to his website, he's making a DVD about the book, should be a great DVD to get also when it comes out.

Here's were I order my copy from, try here: North Carolina Maritime Museum http://www.NCmaritimemuseum.com/ladaofblbepi.html

Yea, I bougth a copy on VCR tape when it first came out, I don't know why they haven't put it on dvd, it's such true to life history of the Pirates, no skeletons walking around like on POTC 1, and 2 & 3 got wrost.

I just bought a copy of: "Silver", by Edward Chupack, It's the fictional life story of Long John Silver, of Treasure Island fame. I've read two chapters so far, pretty good book . It covers his beginnings as a pickpocket on the streets of Bristol, England , Taken to sea by Black John, Silver soon learns the arts of the sword, saber, and pistol. He makes his trade in plundering, cheating, ransacking, and murder--more murders than he can bother to count. Silver writes his life story while on a ship as a captive by the British, being shipped back to Newgate Square in England to be hanged. it covers areas from England to the east coast of America, from New England to the Carolina's. You can see the book on Amazon books.