ARP215 The Dunkirk Pirate

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 8 a.m.

b'Captain Gustavus Conyngham disrupts merchant shipping around Great Britain.\\xa0His efforts earn him the moniker "The Dunkirk Pirate" from the British.\\xa0He is captured several times but manages to escape. Upon returning to Philadelphia, the Continental Congress challenges his credentials and confiscates his ship.\\nVisit my blog at\\xa0https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com\\xa0for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author.\\nFollow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast\\nBook Recommendations of the Week: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan.\\xa0Order from a private bookseller on Bookshop.org\\nOnline Recommendation of the Week: Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham: A Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779, by Robert Neeser (ed): https://archive.org/details/lettersandpaper00neesgoog\\nJoin the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271\\nJoin the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy\\nARP T-shirts and other merch:\\xa0http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast\\nSupport this podcast on Patreon\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15621839\\nor via PayPal\\xa0http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'