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tale is preceded by acco unts of two previous rescue missions, one of which ended in the tragic loss of the Coast Guard rescue helicopter and all crew aboard. The main story, the rescue of the crew of the F/V La Conte, sunk on a January night on the Fairweather Ground, is reconstructed from interviews with the survivors and their rescuers, and has more than its share of heroism , danger and nature at its worst. The text could have used more careful editing and certainly wo uld have benefitted from more charts and a few photos to help the reader envisage the scenes described. It is a page-turner that leaves the reader with deep admiration for the dedication and raw courage of the Coast Guard search and rescue crews. NORMA STANFORD
Honor Among Thieves: Captain Kidd, Henry Every, and the Pirate Democracy in the Indian Ocean, by Jan Rogozinski (Stackpo le Books , Mechanicsburg PA, 2000, 298pp, illus, notes, biblio, index, ISBN 0-8117-1529-9; $24.95hc) Rogozinski presents a well-written, easyto-read and, most important, historically accurate acco unt of piracy during th e 1600s. Honor Among Thieves provides a histo ry of the pirate island of Sr. Mary's, its social structure, the economic exchanges that took place, and acco unts of the voyages of many well known pirates. Sr. Ma1y's Island off the eastern shore of Madagascar had become not only a waypoint for pirates plying their trade in the East Indies, bur also the home to many pirates re ti ring from their trade. Rogozinski describes the government of the island as democratic-the pirate founders of the island called it "the DemocracyofLibertalia." T h ro ugh his investigation of primary source documents, Rogozinski has disproved fanciful tales, presented the facts, and set the record straight on the history of piracy in the East Indies. M IC HAEL L. O VERFIELD East Carolina U ni versity Greenville, Norrh Carolina Sailing Ships: Designs and Re-creations of Great Sailing Ships-from Ancient Greece to the Present Day, by Colin Mudie (Adlard Coles Nautical, London GB, 2000, 170pp, illus, gloss, index, ISBN 0-7136-5324-8; $49hc) Available from
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