B.C. Brooks: A Writer's Hiding Place

Baylus C. Brooks is a professional research and maritime historian, genealogist, and writer living in North Florida. Writes for Poseidon Historical Research & Publishing. Author of Quest for Blackbeard, Sailing East, and Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, all now from online stores! All posts are the opinions of the author unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, April 06, 2017

Capt. Charles Johnson's Dishonesty

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A page from Wikipedia concerning pirate history in 1717 Johnson's Dishonesty Capt. Charles Johnson, pen-name of Nathaniel Mis...

Blackbeard's Fatal Battle with Politics - Lies!

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Haematoxylum "bloodwood" campechianum or Logwood Capt. William Wyer of Boston traded in Jamaica routinely for at least a decad...

Thursday, March 30, 2017

American Pirates in the News!

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The Boston News-Letter first published in 1704. The first issue of April 24th on page 2 showed mention of an alarm given by a French privat...

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Trial of Dr. John Howell - Pirate Events of 300 Years Ago!

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National Archives, London, CO 23/1 (1717-1725), 42 iii, Trial of John Howell, 18-29 December 1721 About the events of early 1717... 300 ...

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Why do Poor White Voters Vote Against Themselves?

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1898 caption from the Raleigh News & Observer - annotated by the author Why do poor, rural, usually uneducated Southern white ...

Sunday, December 04, 2016

Commonwealth of Pyrate's First Revolution

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Read the quote above one more time. Those few words carry great meaning and may have been Capt. Charles Johnson's (pseudonym for Nath...

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Baylus C. Brooks: Brooks is a maritime historian, writer, author, and genealogist living in North Florida. Brooks studies maritime & colonial history, also archaeological and paper conservation, drawing upon a love of both science and history. His focus is North Carolina history and, of course, pirates! Brooks published a variety of books, including the historical fiction novel, Heirloom: Fountain of Hope, a time-travel adventure based in St. Augustine, Florida. He also published non-fiction such as Pirates & Slaves, Captain James Wimble, Brunswick Town & Wilmington. He has published twice in the North Carolina Historical Review, one of the articles being republished as a pamphlet by North Carolina Historical Publications as "Blackbeard Reconsidered: Mist's Piracy, Thache's Genealogy." He is currently working on a 600+ paged book re-evaluating the life of Edward Thache, titled "Quest for Blackbeard," to be announced this summer!

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