CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Author’s Note

Map

Chapter One: The Greatest Pirate Story Ever

Chapter Two: Bannister’s Island

Chapter Three: None of this Makes Sense

Chapter Four: A Well-Respected Englishman

Chapter Five: The Wisdom of Old Fishermen

Chapter Six: Nowhere Left to Go

Chapter Seven: John Chatterton

Chapter Eight: A Place Equal to the Man

Chapter Nine: John Mattera

Chapter Ten: The Oracles

Chapter Eleven: The Golden Age

Chapter Twelve: The Sugar Wreck

Chapter Thirteen: I Hope We Can Stay Friends

Chapter Fourteen: Drifting Away

Chapter Fifteen: Drowning

Chapter Sixteen: The Battle

Chapter Seventeen: Another Way

Chapter Eighteen: The Golden Fleece

Epilogue

Photo Insert

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Note on Sources

By Robert Kurson

About the Author