John Gow

[Jeemag_USA]

Can anyone tell me if there was a Caithness or Orkney book written about John Gow who was hung for piracy in the early 18th Century, most people credit him as being born in Wick and moving to Orkney when young. Would really like to get a hold of a local book on him, if there is one can someone state the ISBN number if it has one? Or whether its available locally?

[magtomich]

There is a book somewhere titled (I think) 'Gow the Orkney Pirate'. It would have been long out of print before ISBN came along

[JamesMcVean]

Here is an interesting clip

http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/his...res/pirategow/