The Persistent Buccaneer - Kester-McCabe, Dana
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In colonial Virginia, an intrepid woman named Anne Toft rose from obscurity to become one of the greatest landowners in the region for that era. The Persistent Buccaneer is a fascinating work of historical fiction inspired by more than two decades of court records. Those dusty ledgers are anything but boring. They detail the dramatic lives of early settlers including Anne's remarkable business dealings and her scandalous partnership with a notorious aristocrat.Come along on Anne's improbable journey from ignorant orphan girl to influential planter on the mythic colonial frontier. Decide for…mehr

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In colonial Virginia, an intrepid woman named Anne Toft rose from obscurity to become one of the greatest landowners in the region for that era. The Persistent Buccaneer is a fascinating work of historical fiction inspired by more than two decades of court records. Those dusty ledgers are anything but boring. They detail the dramatic lives of early settlers including Anne's remarkable business dealings and her scandalous partnership with a notorious aristocrat.Come along on Anne's improbable journey from ignorant orphan girl to influential planter on the mythic colonial frontier. Decide for yourself what the history books left unanswered. Was Anne Toft a courageous survivor or an unrepentant criminal?
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Dana Kester-McCabe is the author of The Delmarva School of Art, a book celebrating creativity on the Delmarva Peninsula. She served as host, executive producer, writer, and photographer for the Delmarva Almanac, a local online culture magazine and a radio show on NPR stations WSCL and WSDL in Salisbury, Maryland. Dana is also an artist with over forty years of creative experience in graphic design, media production, and painting. A lifelong active member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers), and the mother of two grown children, she lives with her husband on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.