A Man of Letters

Contrary to popular belief, Stede Bonnet can’t read. He has spent the better part of forty years playing pretend. He styles himself as a scholar, but never cracks open a book except to read the crew a good-night story, most of which he tells from memory. Things had gone so smoothly, Stede practically forgot his worries.Then Blackbeard came into his life, and that delicate inner peace shattered like china on a hardwood floor.---A measured response to the folks who think Ed Teach can't read and needs Stede Bonnet to rescue him from illiteracy.