Joe Hall Patton
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Albert Hicks, the Notorious Pirate of New York City
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June 21, 2019
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13:14Now PlayingThe investigation of the ghost ship E.A. Johnson led to the discovery of a gruesome crime that dominated newspaper headlines in the year before the start of the American Civil War. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free advance reader's copy of The Last Pirate of New York by Rich Cohen. For further reading about Albert Hicks aka William Johnson, you can purchase a copy of Cohen's book, available here
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