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I discovered Stephan Talty through his book “The Black Hand” about the proto-Mafia crime organization that terrorized the Italian community of New York in the early 1900’s.

And I was super pleased to find out that he also wrote a book about Henry Morgan, “Empire of Blue Water”, as well as co-wrote “A Captain’s Duty” with Richard Phillips aka Captain Phillips.  Yep, the guy from the movie. So we both ends of pirate history in this one.

In this episode:

• Henry Morgan’s lasting legacy and character
• The process of reliving his capture by Somali pirates with Richard Phillips
• How Stephan manages to write so many books
• The Black Hand as the precursor to the Mafia and Joe Petrosino as an Italian hero.

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop – Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl “Fizz” Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys!  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Important Websites:

Stephan Talty – http://stephantalty.com/