Jack Cockrell's youthful exploits gain him the favor of a friendly pirate.

But could this friendship cause him more evil than good?

Ralph D. Payne, today on the Classic Tales podcast.

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and start listening. I was so excited when I found today's story. Ralph Delahaye Payne was a journalist

and novelist who flourished in the early

1900s. He attracted the attention of William Randolph-Hurst when Payne covered the Cuban War for

Independence from 1895 to 98. He continued as a war correspondent for various papers until 1903,

when he retired from journalism and focused on writing history and novels. Blackbeard Buccane tells a tale of Edward

Teach, the famous pirate known as Blackbeard. Payne uses fictional characters to weave the tale

together, but the details around Blackbeard himself are pretty

reliable. And now, Blackbeard Buccane, Part 1 of 8 by Ralph D. Payne.

Chapter 1. That Curtiousous Pirate Captain Bonnet

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