Richard Zacks got his book-writing start specializing in lewd and offbeat history. His An Underground Education and History Laid Bare are classics of their kind. More recently, he is the author of The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of
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Richard Zacks got his book-writing start specializing in lewd and offbeat history. His
An Underground Education and
History Laid Bare are classics of their kind. More recently, he is the author of
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd, chosen by
Time in 2002 as one of the five best nonfiction books of the year; and
The Pirate Coast (2005). His writing has appeared in
The New York Times,
Atlantic Monthly,
Time,
Life,
Harper’s,
Sports Illustrated,
Village Voice, and other publications. He writes in a small office overlooking Union Square in New York City.