{"product_id":"tortuga","title":"Tortuga","description":"\u003cp\u003eForget the parrot. Forget the eyepatch. Forget the charming rogue raising a toast in candlelight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTortuga was not a party. It was a triage ward with a bar attached.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the island where watered rum blinded men, where a bad hand of cards ended in a blade to the throat before the dealer could reshuffle, where human beings were sold in the same square where sailors haggled over grog prices, and where dysentery killed more \"fearsome pirates\" than any cutlass ever did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree centuries of novels, films, and tourism brochures have sanded the danger off this island until almost nothing true remains. \u003ci\u003eTortuga: Autopsy of a Pirate Myth\u003c\/i\u003e puts it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing \u003cb\u003ethe Dead Reckoning Autopsy\u003c\/b\u003e, a forensic framework built specifically for this history, the book plots the island's true coordinates one corrected bearing at a time: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe terrain\u003c\/b\u003e that turned a turtle-shaped ridge into a pirate fortress, and the 1629 massacre that proved it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tavern economy\u003c\/b\u003e that functioned as court, bank, and battlefield, where a captain's authority could collapse over one bad night at the dice table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe adulterated rum\u003c\/b\u003e, cut with lead and gunpowder, that poisoned men who never saw a cutlass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe knife fights\u003c\/b\u003e, fast and unceremonious, where the wound rarely killed as fast as the infection that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe slave markets\u003c\/b\u003e that operated in full view of the taverns' celebrated \"freedom,\" a hypocrisy the legend has spent three hundred years erasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catastrophic sanitation\u003c\/b\u003e that killed more men through contaminated water than every knife fight combined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe women\u003c\/b\u003e who ran taverns, extended credit, and fought for their own survival, written out of a legend built almost entirely by and for men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo legends. No romance. Just the wreckage, examined plank by plank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author brings more than thirty years of experience in public safety, including twelve years in executive leadership. Throughout his career, he has served in roles requiring leadership, critical decision-making, and a deep understanding of people and communities. A lifelong student of history, he has studied both U.S. and world history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His professional experience and academic background have given him a unique perspective on the people, events, and decisions that have shaped history. When he is not writing, he continues to explore history, leadership, and the lessons that can be learned from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46233097764911,"sku":"9798175173827","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_3fa620fd-3b33-43b2-998b-851e20c98a96.jpg?v=1789992008","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/tortuga","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}