Join us for true tales of piracy and Crusoe-esque survival, replete with hardship and adventure. In 1722, the nineteen-year-old fisherman Philip Ashton was taken in a surprise attack and forced to sail with the vicious pirate Edward Low, finally escaping to a year alone on a tropical island.

Based on meticulous research, At the Point of a Cutlass pieces together the unforgettable story of a man thrust into the violent world of a pirate ship and his daring survival and escape.

A former journalist with a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Flemming brings Ashtons epic adventure alive for the modern reader.