I found the book on “the true story of Captain Kidd” -
It is called “The Pirate Hunter”, by Richard Zacks, 2002, ISBN: 0-7868-8451-7. He spent three years researching it.
It has a lot of pirate things in general that I thought were very interesting. (A “blood” reg flag was the original pirate flag. The skull and crossbones showed up fairly late, and the earliest record of the skull and crossbones was on some ship’s log indicating crew that had died.
Thanks for the heads up. This is one I must read. The very first pirate book I had, was at Christmas all too many moons ago. It had the two pirates dueling on a sand spit on the cover.
The Boys Book of Pirates.
Capt W.E. Johns.
I can even remember the stories. "Petticoat Pirates," who were Mary Reade and Ann Bonney. Another story was grimly titled "Dead Men Tell No Tales". One more story was of one Lloninois(sp)- his pastime was "torturing Spaniards" Lastly, the King of them all, Sir Henry Morgan. I have only seen a reproduction of the cover of this book since.
Still,the current book by Richard Zack will be something to look forward to.