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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S12 E5 The Buried Truth of Captain Kidd
Description: Today on Your History Your Story, weâre joined by Samuel Marquis, acclaimed author of numerous American history and suspense books, including âBlackbeard: The Birth of Americaâ. Samuel is here to talk about his latest work, âCaptain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayalâ. While many people remember William Kidd as one of historyâs most notorious pirates, he was in fact a respected privateer, merchant and wartime hero who made his home in colonial New York City in the late 1600âs. Samuelâwho happens to be Kiddâs nine-time great-grandsonâshares the real story of a man far more compl...