The pilot: a tale of the sea (1824): American Navy seamen endure violent storms and navigate treacherous shoals to raid the English coast during the Revolutionary War. Three captured officers escape with the aid of a pair of American ladies, who had not been allowed to return to their home in the rebellious colonies. Red rover: a tale (1828): In the mid-eighteenth century, an American sea captain, driven to piracy by British colonial oppression,...