lwhitehead Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hi folks is it my thoughts that one of the most famous books on Pirates reads like it written by Investigative Hack or a Crime Hack, I mean it's read like it was written by a Reporter. LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Or perhaps like something lifted from an assortment of newspaper accounts with lurid bits of historical fiction randomly thrown in to either make a political point or at least keep it interesting? Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It was written by a journalist (probably) Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhitehead Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Well since my Port Lucre stories is my Historical Parody of the Golden Age of Piracy in my setting Cap Charlie Johnson is Charlotte Johnson the Nelly Bly of my world a Muckraker, LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhitehead Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Well the book reads like it was written by a Police or Crime Reporter in my mind at least. LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Read the version edited by Manuel Schonhorn, taking time to read the end notes for each chapter. He explains where everything came from in Johnson's book. Mostly it was newspaper accounts, public records and published court accounts. What Johnson did was sift and organize these otherwise dry, dull documents (trust me, I've read a lot of them) and the stuff he added is mostly regarded as being fictional like the story of Captain Misson, Blackbeard's supposed journal, philosophical speeches by some of the pirates and similar odds and ends. The author of these books is widely believed these days to be journalist Nathaniel Mist. Ed explains the reasoning behind this pretty well in this posting. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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