The pirate's wife : the remarkable true story of Sarah Kidd / Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos.
In work of narrative nonfiction filled with romance and high seas adventure, a historian and journalist charts the life of Sarah Kidd, who secretly aided and abetted her infamous husband, pirate Captain Kidd, from within the strictures of polite society in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New York.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335429841
- ISBN: 1335429840
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2022]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-276) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue -- Sarah's new world -- William Cox and the she-merchant - Mayhem and tragedy -- Debts and bills -- Dead men tell no tales -- The golden age of piracy -- Fletcher's friends -- London -- Provisioning in New York -- Waiting -- Emott's secret -- Taking precautions -- Safe haven on Block Island -- Reunited -- Accomplice -- Buried treasure -- Confronting Bellomont -- Kidd's narrative -- Bellomont's secret -- Imprisoned -- The pirate's wife -- The king's ship -- Newgate -- Kidd's good deed -- Trial -- Tragic news -- New beginnings -- Full circle.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Kidd, Sarah, -1744.
Kidd, William, -1701.
Pirates > Great Britain > Biography.
Women > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Women.
Womyn.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Available copies
- 37 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 38 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | BIO KID (Text) | 37810435799290 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | BIO KID (Text) | 37810438158742 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | B Kidd (Text) | 38344101708137 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B KIDD (Text) | 34208900158212 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| C.B. Hildebrand Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 33557004536652 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Eden Library | B Kidd (Text) | 31554010901386 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Kid (Text) | 30308101312495 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | B KIDD (Text) | 900005000165704 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Green River Branch | KIDD (Text) | 33258009714119 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Haynes Branch Library | B Kidd Gea (Text) | 38801102053805 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Hazel W. Guilford Memorial Library | B Kidd S (Text) | 38344101707790 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/18/2026 |
| Henderson Main Branch | KIDD (Text) | 33258009714101 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 364.1609 Geanacopoulos (Text) | 30519010860719 | Adult Nonfiction Display | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 28198050012186 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Hope Mills Library | B KIDD (Text) | 31781068554797 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hot Springs Library | BIO KIDD GEA (Text) | 30229101464518 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 39493109448037 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kill Devil Hills Library | B KIDD (Text) | 39488501316444 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 910.4 G (Text) | 39149008317505 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | B KIDD Sarah Ge (Text) | 50669013031738 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Mocksville | B KIDD (Text) | 39872001986915 | Adult New Biography | Available | - |
| Moyock Library | B KIDD (Text) | 39488700295134 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 80605003653713 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Newport | B KIDD (Text) | 34208900158196 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| North Davidson Public Library | B Kidd (Text) | 25908007656304 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Northern Wayne Library | B KIDD (Text) | 900000000983149 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ocracoke Community Library | MCN B (Text) | 38344101685459 | Mcnaughton Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | B Kidd, Sarah (Text) | 0112523702579 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | B KIDD (Text) | 39488101915025 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | B KIDD (Text) | 38955500077145 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Reidsville Library | B Kidd (Text) | 31554010901394 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Robeson County Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 34510000682177 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Rural Hall Branch | B Kidd, Sarah (Text) | 0112523702551 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Thomasville Public Library | B Kidd (Text) | 25908007647741 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Weaverville Library | 910.45 GEA (Text) | 0020513457133 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| West Davidson Public Library | B Kidd (Text) | 25908007649424 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Western Carteret | B KIDD (Text) | 34208900158204 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Wilkes County Public Library | B KIDD (Text) | 50501011898224 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
