MacHugh and the Faithless Pirate, by William S. Schaill
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MacHugh and the Faithless Pirate, by William S. Schaill
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Robert MacHugh is a late 17th century Scots wine merchant and smuggler in New York who finds himself (not totally willingly) chasing pirates, perfidious French persons, angry Native Americans and others as a “favor” for a very powerful London power broker. A story filled with straining canvas, roaring cannons, spies, crooked Dutch patroons, Maroons and pretty girls, among other things. A rip-snorting, swashbuckling adventure, that I was quickly caught up in. I liked the battle scenes, the storms and the part with the Maroons. The opening scene had a lot of atmosphere. I would have liked to know Kate a little better. — Daniel Parrott - Former captain of the tall ships Pride of Baltimore II, Harvey Gamage, Bill of Rights and Tole Mour; professor of navigation at the Maine Maritime Academy; author of Tall Ships Down. One of the most intelligent and honest sea stories I’ve read in years. Gripping and totally plausible, it illuminates what makes the varied human responses to life’s hard challenges so endlessly fascinating. This is adventure writing at its very best. — Geoffrey Huck - Professor of Writing, York University, Ontario; yachtsman; author of the popular mystery Speechless.
MacHugh and the Faithless Pirate, by William S. Schaill- Amazon Sales Rank: #1567706 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-23
- Released on: 2015-06-23
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "MacHugh's exploits sail along at a crisp pace. Schaill writes well. His descriptions grip the reader and bring the 17th-century Caribbean ocean and islands vividly to life. The partners in this enterprise, the crew, and the secondary characters are all well-drawn and engaging... The author evidently knows seafaring and ships, so lovers of nautical stories may particularly savor this read. However others who enjoy a vivid adventure, spiced with pirates, smuggling, and just a whiff of romance, will also enjoy MacHugh's expedition. I certainly did."Susan McDuffie - Historical Novel Society (Feb 2016)
From the Back Cover "A ripsnorting, swashbuckling adventure that I was quickly caught up in. I liked the battle scenes, the storms and the part with the Maroons. The opening scene had a lot of atmosphere. I would have liked to know Kate a little better."-- Daniel Parrott - Former captain of the tall ships Pride of Baltimore II, Harvey Gamage, Bill of Rights and Tole Mour; professor of navigation at the Maine Maritime Academy; author of Tall Ships Down."One of the most intelligent and honest sea stories I've read in years. Gripping and totally plausible, it illuminates what makes the varied human responses to life's hard challenges so endlessly fascinating. This is adventure writing at its very best."-- Geoffrey Huck - Professor of Writing, York University, Ontario; yachtsman; author of the popular mystery Speechless.
About the Author I was born in 1944 in Yonkers, NY. Since then I've spent far too much time messing around with books and boats -- big ones, little ones, here, there.I've published seven nautical thrillers (four under my own name and a series about sea-going terrorists and the team with the guts and wits to neutralize them), one murder mystery and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles on all subjects. I spent my junior year of high school aboard a square-rigged school ship: majored in Spanish literature at Dartmouth College; did my foreign study at the University of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia; served as a naval salvage diving officer (a 'Bubblehead'); devoted twenty years to educational publishing; started several other business ventures of questionable success; traveled and raised two daughters (the greatest and most nerve-wracking adventure of my life).When I write I aim for accessibility, intense but plausible action and interesting, fleshed-out characters. In order to take full advantage of rapidly advancing technology and to attract new readers I'm currently reaching out in new directions. The basics, however, remain the same.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good book, good author, good press. By Theoden Humphrey MacHugh and the Faithless Pirateby William S. SchaillFirst, let me say something about the publisher: because this book is from Fireship Press, a small independent press here in Arizona that specializes in nautical and historical fiction. I found this press, and this book, at the Tucson Festival of Books, a glorious local event that celebrates the printed word, and because I am a pirate fanatic, this book jumped out at me immediately. But Fireship has a number of authors, with a number of titles, and the books themselves are top notch, good printing, good binding, good cover art. The copy editing was imperfect -- but honestly, I just read another book published by Bantam Spectra which had as many typos if not more, so I won't split hairs. This is a good press that makes good books.And this is a good book. It's not a great book, I'll say that; the characters are a little too simply drawn, and the main character annoyed me a little at certain places (Largely because he thinks of younger women as romantic interests, which was entirely accurate for the time period, but still a little weird to read -- a grown man going over to the home of a friend and checking out his daughter is just too funky for me.) and I wish the Faithless Pirate could have been more than just a villain, because I do love pirate narratives.But this is, bar none, the best nautical action/adventure I've read, in terms of its accuracy and its verisimilitude and its author's encyclopedic knowledge of the sea and tall ships and marine combat. Reading about these men struggling with this ships on these seas, fighting weather and currents and politics, searching for pirates, finding them, fighting them, winning and losing various battles in various ways -- it was just great fun to read. The suspense is excellent, the action is exciting, and the historical and nautical details are as accurate as any I've known. For the sake of enjoyment, and for the sake of reading about cannons blasting and cutlasses slashing and blood spurting and everything else, this book was excellent. I hope the author continues to write MacHugh stories -- because whenever he isn't creeping on 18-year-olds, I thought this Scottish wine merchant/privateer was a great character (Though he did seem to have a whole lot of "In his younger days" adventures that made me wonder: just when did this guy start living this life of adventure? And did he ever, I don't know, take a week or two off?) and I'd love to read more.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. But still get it and ENJOY! By nygman What a Winner ! Lots of adventure, intrigue. Historically accurate clothing, names, food, drink nautical terminology. This book doesn't just keep you entertained, it takes you to the 17th century.You can almost smell the salty air. Ok, I live by the Atlantic. But still get it and ENJOY !
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Larboard Quarter By larrytampabay Loved the book. Being an avid sailor I really enjoyed the differences in nautical terminology for that time period.
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