197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters

Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast

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I discovered Stephan Talty through his book "The Black Hand" about the proto-Mafia crime organization that terrorized the Italian community of New York in the early 1900's.

And I was super pleased to find out that he also wrote a book about Henry Morgan, "Empire of Blue Water", as well as co-wrote "A Captain's Duty" with Richard Phillips aka Captain Phillips. Yep, the guy from the movie.

In this episode:

• Henry Morgan's lasting legacy and character
• The process of reliving his capture by Somali pirates with Richard Phillips
• How Stephan manages to write so many books
• The Black Hand as the precursor to the Mafia and Joe Petrosino as an Italian hero.

Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more.

Today's show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop - Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl "Fizz" Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys! http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

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Stephan Talty - http://stephantalty.com/

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