Pirate Hunters

Great armchair travel read as well as an insight to the amount of research that goes along with the diving and recovery.

Normally, when the story line veers from the action I'm thinking ‘get on with it!' but the author has the biographies and research sprinkled thru out and for short durations, so you're not too long away from the action which I enjoy.

It shouldn't be surprising, considering the name, that this book was more about the treasure hunters than it was about the pirates itself, but it's still disappointing to me because the latter was just infinitely more interesting whenever it came up.

The story (based on real life events) is about two men who are looking for the ship (The Golden Fleece) of the merchant-turned-pireate Joseph Bannister. The book recounts the events of what led to them eventually finding the ship back in 2009, which was not an easy feat, as they weren't the only ones after it.

Most of the book is about the hunters and their search, but it's also intersected with various history on pirates in general, outside of Joseph Bannister. On their stance on democracy or crew relations or even how they handled amputations. I loved those parts, while I was losing more interest in the hunters' part the more it went on.