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Ben and Abby set off with their grandfather, whom they called Pop, on a sailing trip along Maryland's eastern shore on the Chesapeake River. An overnight stop at Great Oaks Landing to get some food, fuel and rest led the three to a small beach where they enjoyed a moonlit walk, a scavenger hunt, and Pop's telling of a magical story of courage and adventure. What's more...his tale of pirates, tall ships, treasure, and a young hero took place right where they were...only many years earlier in pre-Revolution America! But was this story of the Pirates of Great Oaks Landing, the scourge of the Chesapeake, and of Jimmy Dawkins, the young cabin boy aboard the British Navy's H.M.S. Imperial, really true? Like Ben and Abby, you'll have to hear the story to decide for yourself!