Catfish Pearl

By Ruth Francisco

Long before Catfish Pearl becomes a pirate, she is a young girl known as Luisa, raised by Apalachee Indians on a 17th century Spanish mission in Florida. A mestiza of uncertain origin, she endears herself to Indian chiefs and friars alike, amusing them with her intelligence and spunk. One day, while traipsing through the woods to her brother's wedding, hostile Chisca Indians kidnap her. Sold to English slave traders, then captured by pirates, Luisa tumbles into a world on the verge of war, filled with intrigue, treachery, romance, and adventure. Luisa must use every bit of her quick wits and courage to survive. While she plots her escapes and learns the ways of the buccaneers, a curious cabal of English colonists collude to drive the Spanish out of Florida and the Lords Proprietors out of their hair; a Spanish friar, devoted to the welfare of Indians, comes to the attention of the Spanish Inquisition; an affable English trader, driven by political pressure, betrays his Indian friends; a Dutch pirate, who terrorizes the Caribbean, falls in love and discovers some women are more challenging than poaching a warship. Based on the true story of Mission San Luis in Tallahassee and the Carolina Indian slave trade, this epic tale is about an irrepressible young woman, her allies, and her enemies, all conniving to control the treasures of the New World, and each his own destiny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520957084
• ISBN13: 9781520957081
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"