America's Privateer tells the story of Lynx, a ship with two lives that sailed in two different centuries. The first square-topsail, wooden schooner built in Rockport, ME, since 1885, Lynx sails America's coasts, teaching young people about the craft of sailing a tall ship and about the War of 1812. J. Dennis Robinson captures the drama in the true story of the swift vessel, it's stealthly origins, its heroic missions, and its amazing reappearance. An informative and moving "sea yarn" for a contemporary audience, this engaging account, accompanied by over 190 color photographs, maps and paintings, is for every reader, sailor and land-lubbers alike.

 J. Dennis Robinson is a full-time writer, local historian, columnist for the Portsmouth Herald and a lecturer. He founded and runs the site SeacoastNH.com about Seacoast NH history.