Author to speak Oct. 5 on Revolutionary privateers

LAKEVILLE -- The author of “Black Flags, Blue Waters,’’ Eric Jay Dolin, will be at the Lakeville Public Library on Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. discuss his latest book, “Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution.''

In this book, Dolin tells of a ragtag fleet of private vessels that were critical to the outcome of the American Revolution.

With government documents granting them the right to seize enemy ships, and using any weapons available, thousands of privateers tormented the British on both

This event is free and open to the public.

This program is funded by a gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York in honor of America’s 250th Anniversary.