to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years and it s that kind of commitment that enables us the program to to bring to the university into the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. eric j. dolan is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. the epic history of america s most notorious pirates. eric grew up near the coasts of new york and connecticut and from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end. he earned a double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a master s degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a phd. in environmental policy and planning from mit where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbor. erica s held an interesting variety of jobs many of them related to his interest in the natural world. the one thing that remained constant throughout his career. has said is his enjoymen
n.org. ahoy, mate and welcome to tonight s great lives presentation on america s ahoy, mates. and welcome to tonight s great lives presentation on america s packs. the top is faltered by the community bank of chesapeake to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years. and it s that kind of commitment that enables it the program to bring to the university in the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. aaron jay dolan is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. the epic history of america s most notorious pirates eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut. in from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end, he earned the double major in biology and environmental studies than getting a masters degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a ph.d. in environmental policy and planning from mit. where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts i
university and to the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. eric jay dolin is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. the epic history of america s most notorious pirates. eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut. in from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end, he earned the double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a masters degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a ph. d. in environmental policy and planning from mit, where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbour. eric has held an interesting variety of jobs. many of them related to an interest in the national world. the one thing that remain constant throughout his career, he has said, is his enjoyment of writing and telling stories about topics that he has found most intriguing. this has led to the publication of more than 60 articles, of magazi
Richard its my childhood come to life. Like a marionette show. Also, before i forget, this is the first time my mother has attended one of my readings. And today is her 83rd birthday. Richard . Richard happy birthday, mom. So im going to tell you today about pirate coast. This is my new book and about Thomas Jefferson and the first marines and the secret mission of 1805. He had no troops. He had no backing. But he pulled this mission off. This was americas first covert operation against statesponsored terrorist. Right. We have a little bit of a parallel today. When you hear those stirring marine lyrics i usually think of marines, weapons over there had, amphibious launches. It was a covert operation by one man and a marines. It was a rogue operation. This is the story i want to tell you about. You have to know a little bit about the time period to get into the sense of the story. You know how were on an airplane today and we might complain we dont get two bags of peanuts or Something L
Swea hi everybody. I see a lot of familiar faces out here. Im thrilled you could make it. Its my childhood come to life. Like a marionette show. Also, before i forget, this is the first time my mother has attended one of my readings. And today is her 83rd birthday. Richard . Happy birthday, mom. So im going to tell you today about pirate coast. This is my new book and about Thomas Jefferson and the first marines and the secret mission of 1805 [inaudible] the time period to get into the sense of the story. Were on an airplane today and we might complain we dont get two bags of peanuts or Something Like that. Back then you could be sailing on the mediterranean and be made a barbary save. You could be sailing on your nice ship, your nice Summer Vacation and these marauders from triple e sail down on you and sule spend the next five years as a slave. I want you to get a sense how different the world was back then. Washington, d. C. Was a swampy outpost with 5000 citizens, total population