When I think of pirates, I think of the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Aden. I don't think of the Ohio River; or at least I didn't before I read Going to See the Varmint: Piracy in Myth and Reality ...

Illinois in the late 1700s and early 1800s was wild, dangerous territory, and few places were as treacherous as the area around Cave-in-Rock. Patrolled by pirates, this stretch of the Ohio River ...

At Pirate's Cove at Four Seasons Marina, workers are confident boaters who choose to see Swift from the water will be safe - and turn out in droves. "We're almost going to be like doubling our staff.