The Whydah Pirates Speak, Volume 2 by Laura Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pirates of some sort have roamed the seven seas for as long as humankind can remember, but who remembers the tales of Sam Bellamy and the band of the Whydahs? This book, volume 2 continues where the first left off and gives us all the sordid details of the pirating and plundering as well as trading this group of pirates did along the northern American Coast. There are so many interesting details in here, for example, that some towns willingly embraced the pirates in order to get better prices on their trade goods or that Hollywood decidedly got the depiction of pirate life wrong. No swashbuckling and swinging in to save the ladies. Rather, it was a poor life more often than not that had little comforts but great company.
A well written account of the golden age of piracy that any fan of pirates will live to read. Even if you are only moderately interested in the topic, there is enough here for you to discover that will make the book worth it.


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