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The Pirate QUOTES

The Pirate QUOTES

1 " American values as self-reliance, rugged independence, a reverence for the land, a belief in the importance of hard work and self-sacrifice, and a willingness to fight when necessary for home, family, and community. And "

― Harold Schechter , The Pirate

2 " In our nation’s popular culture, country life in the 1800s has often been portrayed as an idyllic experience, one that cultivated such quintessentially American values as self-reliance, rugged independence, a reverence for the land, a belief in the importance of hard work and self-sacrifice, and a willingness to fight when necessary for home, family, and community. "

― Harold Schechter , The Pirate

3 " A freelance gangster and thief” (as Herbert Asbury describes him in his classic work The Gangs of New York), Hicks embarked on his criminal career at the age "

― Harold Schechter , The Pirate