Bandits and Privateers: Canada in the Age of Gunpowder (Goodread Biographies) [Paperback]

Ed Butts (Author), Harold Horwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1988 | Series: Goodread Biographies

Convincing proof that Canadian history is anything but dull, this book recounts the action-filled careers of some of the country's most successful and violent adventurers, licit and illicit.

From Elizabethan privateers seeking fortune off the coasts of Newfoundland to the courtly warriors of Acadia, from the wildly successful letter-of-marque ships of Liverpool, Nova Scotia to the vicious sea fights of the War of 1812, Horwood and Butts reconstruct the lives of the country's finest fighting seamen. Inland, they consider the less reputable careers of the gangs who fought for control of gold and timber in the raw frontier settlements that would one day be Canada.

Featuring plently of fast-paced action Bandits and Privateers brings the excitement of Canadian history to life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"it's intriguing stuff, if at times grisly." (Vancouver Sun )

"Canadian history with a bang." (Vancouver Sun )

"Nice, neat accounts of our more interesting villains." (Globe and Mail )

About the Author

Toronto-born writer ED BUTTS has written a two-volume history of crime of Canada with Harold Harwood.

HAROLD HORWOOD combined a literary ambition with early experience as a labour union organizer and a close collaborator of Newfoundland's first premier Joey Smallwood in the campaign for Confederation. He later became an author, and with his organizing experience was the natural choice as founding vice-chair of The Writers' Union of Canada and later chair, 1980-81. He was the author 24 books in total; five fiction, many types of non-fiction, and one poetry anthology. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1980.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Goodread Biography (January 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385251106
• ISBN-13: 978-0385251105
• ASIN: 0887801579
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,595,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)