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Black Jack Anderson By Elaine Forrestal
Published by Penguin 2008 |
Anderson and his men come in under the stern of HMS Shannon, jammed her rudder and scrambled
up her ropes.
But the captain had been looking out for them. He had orders to capture Anderson if he come
within range, and take him to Hobart for trial.
At pistol point, the captain called on Andrew to surrender.
Ruthless passionate, charismatic and complex, Black Jack
Anderson made a living by raiding passing ships off the southwest coast of
Australia. The massive African-American
was notorious in his lifetime, but this towering figure in Australian history
has slowly been forgotten…until now.