Robert Kurson

Author

1963-04-18

Books by Robert Kurson

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It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.
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Stories were heirlooms in these parts.
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It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.
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Stories were heirlooms in these parts.
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Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.
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It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.
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I read almost exclusively nonfiction when I read, because even though it's harder to find a great true story, when you find one, the idea that it actually happened is immensely powerful.That's what moves me the most.
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The more I learned about real pirates, the more exciting they seemed to me. They appeared to be even more dramatic than pirates of the movies or TV shows.
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