John Gow

[Jeemag_USA]

Can anyone tell me if there was a Caithness or Orkney book written about John Gow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 :D

[JamesMcVean]

Here is an interesting clip

http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/pirategow/