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A True Pyrate Account: a Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe
December 8, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
$32.99 – $70
About the In-Person Event
It’s time to sail forward and continue with this exciting author series held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club.
From the author of the bestselling historical fiction novels The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass comes a mystery adventure set in the Golden Age of Piracy. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club in the beautiful Point Loma residential area within the Shelter Island Yacht Basin with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katherine Howe as she discusses her new novel, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself.
Your Adventure includes lunch, beverage, tax, gratuity, a hardcover copy of A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself to be delivered and signed at the event, and the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person.
About the Author and Book
Katherine Howe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The House of Velvet and Glass, and Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty with Anderson Cooper, as well as several young adult novels. She served as editor of The Penguin Book of Witches and her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. Descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem, she lives and sails with her family in New England.
Her new novel, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself,
is a daring first-hand account of one young woman’s unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.
In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward “Ned” Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides. Meanwhile, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah’s story together in 1930, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah’s transformation.
A True Account tells the unforgettable story of two women in different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society and daring to risk everything to go out on their own account.
About Southwestern Yacht Club
Southwestern Yacht Club is one of the largest, oldest, and most prestigious yacht clubs in San Diego, California. SWYC was formed in 1925 by visionary yachting enthusiasts looking for ways to enjoy each other’s company and to share their passion for boating. Since then, the Club has developed into a full-service operation with more than 800 members embracing all forms of yachting, fishing, and social activities, all while earning a reputation as being the friendliest club in the area.
