Although the exciting Story of Evelyn\'s great-great grandfather had been told in the family through the years, no one had ever put it on paper, so Hilton decided to write the entire Story for her grandchildren.
They brought the boy to their Galveston Island base, just off the Texas coast and presented him to.
Kidnapped by Pirates is Based on the True Story of Fourteen Year-Old Charles Tilton, who was Kidnapped Alone in 1814 from a New England Whaler by some of Jean Lafitte\'s rogue pirates.
Although the exciting Story of Evelyn\'s great-great grandfather had been told in the family through the years, no one had ever put it on paper, so Hilton decided to write the entire Story for her grandchildren