Privateers, independent racers who compete without the backing of major manufacturers or sponsors, have played a pivotal role ...

Apart from the heroics of John Paul Jones, the Revolutionary War is not known for its naval battles. There were no epic set pieces à la Trafalgar, and the Continental Navy wasn’t much to look at ...

A review of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin. A privateer is a privately owned and armed ship licensed by its government to capture enemy trading vessels during ...

After an impressive showing last year, there was a question about whether Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the U.S.-based privateer team founded by Jim Glickenhaus, would run Le Mans again this year.

The latest book by Marblehead author Eric Jay Dolin, "Rebels at Sea" explores the critical role that privateers played in the American Revolution. From disrupting British naval and merchant vessels to ...

The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution By Robert H. Patton Pantheon. 291 pp. $26 When Americans think of the Founding Fathers, they generally imagine virtuous types such ...

After an impressive showing last year, there was a question about whether Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the U.S.-based privateer team founded by Jim Glickenhaus, would run Le Mans again this year. On ...