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CAPTAIN MARROW
The Official Captain Marrow Site
B I O G R A P H Y
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became attached to the theme, which only became more true given my upbringing. My father was unfortunately subject to a diesel explosion which saw my mother afterwards homeschooling me, which in the long-term became a boon. While there was a state-mandated test to advance each grade, it was largely left to the teacher about how to assemble the year's curriculum, of which I was conferred with. I took every opportunity possible to learn about pirate history.
Pirates took a backburner during my teenage years, but never went away, thanks to Pirates of the Caribbean, which continued to inspire me to do tropical and pirate-themed adventures during Dungeons & Dragons games - an experience of which led to my familiarity of working with Microsoft Word creating adventures and player-handouts. Games such as Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and the arrival of the series Black Sails continued my interest in the topic
Captain Marrow at Blue Spring State Park, FL
Educational table display at Fort King George, GA
Ahoy, and thank you for taking an interest in who I am, where I came from, and why today I travel the coast and publish books as a pirate! So why do I do what I do? I was first introduced to the concepts of pirates and buried treasure as far back as 1994, growing up in the 90's with the Pirates line from LEGO, along the Great Lakes of Michigan, while watching movies such as Muppets Treasure Island, Cutthroat Island, and enjoying the pirate scenes of The Pagemaster. Like many children before me, I
festivals. This soon spiraled into my involvement with nearby functions, both festival and history oriented while beginning my pirate history blog "Shipwrecked with Captain Marrow" on Facebook, a YouTube channel of the same name, and traveling the coast to historic sites - often with obscure pirate history hardly ever spoken of. This led to my involvement in being a founding member of a historical pirate reenactment crew based out of Charleston, partaking in educational pirate history programs for the public, becoming friends with many in education-based fields such as teachers, tour guides, museum docents and authors, and selling my recreations of custom pirate-history-oriented documents and maps. I also became a brand ambassador for a history-inspired rum company, Bombarda Rum, based out of Miami. Then finally after many years of constant work, releasing my first book Pirate Ghosts & Buried Treasures of the Southeast Coast: A Historical Assessment on Pirate Folklore. The book of course became dedicated to my mother.
Today I remain equally as busy, now fully focused on the release of the follow-up book regarding the northeast coast of America and the next, and filling my travel schedule as much as possible marketing my book and doing lectures at historic sites and museums. Some say "whole-ass one thing," and I guess I'm doing that, and it seems to be working out. My "work uniform" consists of a cutlass hanging at my side and a functional flintlock shoved into my belt, so that's a win. I suppose you shouldn't give up on childhood dreams. I spent my single digits playing with pirate figures and singing along to pirate songs, not ever knowing or planning I would be here doing what I do now. This wasn't intentional. I didn't mean to be a pirate. But I guess that's how it happened for them too, historically. My advice is just ride the rollercoaster and go where life takes you, with any luck you end up where you're supposed to be. I like to think I'm where I'm supposed to be.
but eventually tragedy struck in 2018 - my mother passed away suddenly after a well-over ten-year-long battle with COPD. Despite having tried to prepare for it mentally for a decade, it was a shock to all when it did happen. It was only days prior to my 28th birthday. The birthday was terrible of course, but I spent the birthday money I received on a recently-released pirate game titled Sea of Thieves, which then served as an escape from reality surrounding me, being a pirate online when I could, and wanting to do "pirate relevant things" when not. This led me to delve back into pirate history once more, and finally finding elements I enjoyed about being in the area of Charleston, South Carolina after having moved down in 2006. This all led me to visiting tall ships arriving to the port, while working at Arcadia Publishing/History Press, establishing my own first incarnation of a pirate outfit to wear out to historic locations for photoshoots, and making my way to nearby pirate
T H E "M A R R O W" N A M E
Captain Marrow isn't a secret name I publish under, my name is Adam Morrow. My reason for a separate pirate persona name is based in history. My great grandfather's handwriting was terrible on legal documents, and, well, my legal last name should be "Merrow." During the Golden Age of Piracy and prior, spelling was not standardized, and people reported - in the case of pirates, crimes - people as they heard their name spoken, dialect and accents included. Many pirates names in history are misspelled and have numerous variants, and understandably so. By all accounts, based on pronunciation, should I have gone by my last name of Merrow in the period, it most definitely would have been popularized in reports as "Marrow."
E D U C A T O R R E V I E W S
"His page makes you live pirate history on a daily basis. The author takes you along the adventures and misadventures of the actors of the Golden Age of Piracy (and sometimes from the Buccaneering period). One of the best pages I found on Facebook." - J.L. Henry, Don't Kill the Drunken Sailor
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"It's obvious the Captain has a real love and passion for his subject matter, and is happy to share it with all who might feel the same." - Diane Koskie
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"Captain Marrow is a go-to on everything pirate history! I am obsessed with this stuff, and he never ceases to amaze me with the lore that he digs up. I am always stoked to see what he finds next! - Matt Galati, The Adventures of Captain Greenglow: The Journal of Greenglow1985
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"Fantastic information provided in an entertaining fashion from an obviously smart,
well-read individual. Keep up the good work!" - Ciel La Mar,
S H I P W R E C K E D W I T H
C A P T A I N M A R R O W
I kept the plans for the first book largely secret until about a year out from launch, when I began alluding to it. Through use of the page, I gained a healthy understanding of those in in the global pirate community subculture, and the movers and shakers of said community, consisting of amazing entertainers, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, reenactors, and the like. It was and will remain my primary platform.
If you have Facebook, consider liking and following the page "Shipwrecked with Captain Marrow 2.0" - I post pirate history articles on a nearly-daily basis, and post regular updates of upcoming events and pirate art projects. And consider checking out the YouTube channel. I don't update it very often, but whenever I create video content or new book trailers they go up on there first.
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Beginning in 2018 I simultaneously began a YouTube channel under the title of "Shipwrecked with Captain Marrow" and a Facebook and Tumblr page of the same name to promote said video content. The premise was that I knew I'd never be able to regularly record on a tall ship, so I would spend time discussing pirate history while shipwrecked on some remote island. Turns out I prefer writing instead of speaking to a camera lens and my Facebook blog meant to support the premise is what actually took off. With it, I began writing on pirate history, my own pirate-relevant art and costuming projects, and was a great place to post things like photoshoots at sites and engage with those who enjoyed my writing.