"The Island Pirate: A Tale of the Mississippi" by Captain Mayne Reid is a historical fiction that transports readers to the 19th-century Mississippi Valley through the eyes of an adventurous traveler who comes face-to-face with the region's raw beauty, complex society, and dangerous underbelly. He begins his travels and reflects on past adventures as the stage for his current adventure. Along the traveler's journey, he meets a local planter who welcomes him to a cotton plantation and shares tales of the infamous pirate and robber Murrell, notorious for his violent crimes along the great rivers. As the traveler becomes more immersed in the world, he must come to terms with the piracy, violence and moral struggle that he is now a part of.
The island pirate, a tale of the Mississippi
By Mayne Reid
In the 1800's Mississippi Valley, a traveler's Southern adventure turns treacherous as he becomes bound to the hunt for a ruthless river pirate.
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About the AuthorThomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Thomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
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