Pengarang: Frederick W. Waldo

Ireland native Michael Martin, also known as Captain Lightfoot, was introduced to a life of crime by a highwayman known as Captain Thunderbolt. With the law hot on their trail, the thieves parted company, Martin emigrating to New England, where he continued to rob travelers until his 1821 arrest and execution.Boston reporter Frederick W. Waldo, who wrote for the Columbian Centinal, recorded Captain Lightfoot”s narrative of his life and adventures while the criminal awaited execution.