The True Account of Captain Kidd by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

This richly detailed narrative sheds light on the life and times of Captain Kidd, the controversial 17th-century privateer-turned-pirate. It is the first chapter of 'New England Legends' which was published in 1872. The book was written by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), a prolific American writer of romances, poems and detective stories.(716.8 KiB, PDF, 7 pages)

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