Pirates of Southwest Florida: Fact and Legend

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Pirates of Southwest Florida: Fact and Legend

by James F. Kaserman (Goodreads Author)

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Discover how the coast of southwest Florida, with its shallow waters, inlets, and mangrove islands provides the setting and backdrop for a variety of pirates, privateers, and independents not to bury treasure, but to become smugglers of nearly every commodity known to mankind from the early 17th century up to and including the present day.

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Paperback, 64 pages

Published October 23rd 2007 by iUniverse

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From romanticized pirate legends, through Civil War Blockade Runners, to the smugglers of today! So, come on aboard to learn how Southwest Florida, with its hundreds of miles of coastline, many uninhabited islands, and limited Federal and state enforcement resources has seen smuggling of rum, drugs, and humans throughout history up to the present day.

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About James F. Kaserman

James F. Kaserman is a retired educator and businessman and served in elected public office for more than ten years. Following graduation from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, he earned a bachelors degree in business administration from Kent State University and a masters degree in educational administration from the University of Dayton. He was honorably discharged with the rank of staf...more James F. Kaserman is a retired educator and businessman and served in elected public office for more than ten years. Following graduation from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, he earned a bachelors degree in business administration from Kent State University and a masters degree in educational administration from the University of Dayton. He was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant from the United States Army.
Kaserman has been a newspaper columnist and served as a teacher, coach, and administrator for thirty-six years in both Ohio and Florida. He became interested in the truth about pirates when doing research studies of government and business organizations, and concluded that pirate organizations had many similarities to the businesses of today and even served as models for our modern day democracy.

Sarah Jane (Chenot) Kaserman an educator for over thirty-five years and recently retired as a teacher of gifted students in the Lee County School District in Florida. Following graduation from North Canton Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio, she earned a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a masters degree in deaf education from Kent State University. A violinist and avid fiddle player, Sarah Jane arranged and played fiddle for a civil war movie, The Miracle Men. She also travels the country and plays old-time, folk, and bluegrass music. She belongs to a Florida acoustic folk group entitled, The Lee County Fiddle Support Group as well as other groups throughout the year. Sarah Jane and her grandfathers fiddle, Charley can be found at all presentations the Kasermans put on regarding their series of pirate novels.

Together, they have combined their years in education with the vision of writing multi-sensory books and have written many elementary Accelerated Reader books that may be purchased through http://www.isaveatree.com They also have written three pirate novels, Gasparilla Pirate Genius, The Legend of Gasparilla, A Tale for All Ages; and, How the Pirates Saved Christmas. Each of these novels won awards and were good sellers.

They have been happily married since 1966 and are the parents of two sons, Richard and James, grandparents to James Hunter and Reed Samuel, and have lived in Fort Myers, Florida, since 1985 moving from their native Ohio.

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