Non-Fiction

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   Skull and Quill Society Non-Fiction Guidelines

   September 24, 2008 by The Doctor

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   Please feel free to post your non-fiction works here. I have only a few guidelines... Please post your ORIGINAL work with sources cited as appropriate. Plagiarism has no place here. If the work is by someone else, make sure you give them proper credit. See above. All other forum guidelines apply... please read them again. Have fun. Make it interesting. The guidelines are subject to change at any moment. Send me rum. Or beer. Or both. Don't make me stop this car.

   

   Last reply by The Doctor, September 24, 2008
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   Quest for Blackbeard

   September 30, 2016 by Baylus_Brooks

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   Hi ya lubbers, Just some bit of info on my book that was published last month. Google Books has a large preview to it especially the first couple hundred pages: Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World B&N page: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/quest-for-blackbeard-baylus-c-brooks/1124659270?ean=9781365328213 Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/136532821X Printers site: http://www.lulu.com/shop/baylus-c-brooks/quest-for-blackbeard-the-true-story-of-edward-thache-and-his-world/paperback/product-22825800.html Author's Site: http://baylusbrooks.com/ Google Books site: htt…

   

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   Peter Cornelius Hoof

   July 5, 2013 by Shockaboo

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   Hello all! Due to the rules of the web site, I can't post the actual article here, but I did publish an article entitled "Peter Cornelius Hoof and Me" in April/may of 2013 in the "Pirates and Privateers" newsletter published by Cindy Vallar. I believe you can still view the article on the web site at: www.CindyVallar.com. If it has been replaced by the new issue, you can also see it on my blog at: PeterCorneliusHoof.blogspot.com. I promsied UndertheBlackFlag.com that they could re-print it on theri web site in 60 days, so you'll be able to catch it there later this year. For those who don't know, Peter sailed with Sam Bellamy on the Whydah Galley and was hanged in Bos…

   

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   Memoirs of a Buccaneer - My New Book

   November 15, 2011 by sirhenrymorgan

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   Ahoy all! Hurricane here, using the only user name that I can seem to get to work here. Anyway, my autobiography covering my 30 years as a pirate performer is out. From 1982 as a young Seafair Pirate in Seattle until my rediscovery of my mojo at Conch Republic Independence Days in April of this year, all the tales, adventures, fortunes and misfortunes are laid out for all to see. Lots of hilarious tales... from anchors caught in snot boxes to sleeping with a blind guy. And a very odd parallel of events in my life to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. And amazingly, it's all true. It's for sale on Amazon And on my own site: Memoirs of a Buccaneer - Hurricane

   

   Last reply by sirhenrymorgan, February 5, 2012
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   Nautical terms 1 2

   January 27, 2009 by Pew

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   Just an interesting tidbit to add to our writing. I'll update as I can, (or if anyone wants to join in, feel free). Before the mast The position of the crew whose living quarters on board were in the forecastle (the section of a ship forward of the foremast). The term is also used more generally to describe seamen as compared with officers, in phrases such as, "he sailed before the mast." Most ships today have cabins for their crew. Between the Devil and the Deep The devil was the longest seam of the ship, thought to be the first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel from stem to stern. When at sea and the devil had to be caulked, the sailor hung from a rope t…

   

   Last reply by Daniel, May 16, 2010
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   Gee That's Purdy

   January 29, 2010 by Mission

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   I am reading John Atkins' book The Navy Surgeon; or Practical System of Surgery and I came across this. I liked it so well that I turned it into a photo so you could see it in its original form. It's from page 327.

   

   Last reply by capn'rob, January 29, 2010