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Edward Teach
Cautionary Tales · Stop No. 26

Edward Teach

Till Death
Era
Golden Age of Piracy, final fiscal quarter
Provenance
Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, no forwarding address
Medium
Engraving on cream stock, fuses lit at time of printing
Edition
One per vow, vows not refundable

The gentleman wore lit fuses in his hair as a networking strategy, and it worked until it emphatically did not. The crossed pistols below are presented in the traditional 'his and also his' arrangement. The commitment advertised here was, records confirm, honored in full.

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