Many thanks for visiting my website, and for your interest in Hanging Captain Gordon. It's a story I've lived with for over 40 years, and now I have the pleasure of sharing it with you. What began for me as an exercise in historical human interest evolved into something much larger. The story-within-a-story indeed tells the tale of the hapless slaver, but it also provides a picture of our government's shameless refusal to put an end to the horrific - and illegal - slave trade. The more research I did, the more outraged I became.

I encountered many characters who played greater or lesser roles in the Gordon case; some I grew to admire, while others would qualify as rogues in any period. There was one player that I thought I knew well, and came to find I didn't know at all: New York City. I discovered that New York had the dubious distinction of being the slaving center of the nation, and it is in this conflicted city that the story of Captain Gordon unfolds.

It seemed appropriate to end the book with a glimpse at the slave trade of today. Journalists make the distinction of calling it human trafficking, but be assured, it's as much the workings of slave traders as ever it was in Gordon's day.

I'll be touring various cities, in the hope of meeting many of you; meanwhile, please avail yourselves of my email address. I'd be delighted to hear from you, and to discuss the late Captain Gordon.