"J. Dennis Robinson's America's Privateer Lynx and the War of 1812 is the model textbook on bringing history to life in the age of high tech and instant gratification. It's a tale that did not start with a book and which has an ending not yet written. The reader is invited to get on board, literally, and to ride back into a very small window of American history, a ride only limited by your imagination. Standing alone, the book is certainly an enjoyable and informative read on a subject mired in fact and fiction, but it is much more. It is an instruction manual, a how-to book, on planting a seed and watching it grow into a mighty and majestic instrument of education. It is a testament that education, in this case history, does not have to be confined to a classroom in our schools around the country. We actually can see, feel, breath, smell, taste, and wear our past. In short, the Lynx allows us to experience history, right or wrong, in fair and foul weather, to expand our knowledge, to preserve our heritage, and help define what it means to be an American. Now that is learning! An additional, and no less important message to me: one man with only a dream can set off a chain of events, start a whirlpool of activity and excitement, to achieve a goal that is only possible with the lives, skills, and contributions of other individuals. Woodson K. Woods built a Baltimore clipper from a dream, but the Lynx has taken on a life of its own, a living history, being kept alive two hundred years after the War of 1812 by the present and future sons and daughters of America, and those who feel the call of the sea."

- Peter James, Attorney-at-Law, Vancouver, WA

"One of the great things about tall ships is that you can't go wrong with a good picture. Virtually all large sailing vessels are photogenic to a fault, particularly when all the sails are run out, and the boat is almost sliding across the water. Lynx is no exception..."
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- Joe Follansbee, The Fyddeye Guides

"America's Privateer is a book about the "forgotten war" and the privateers who assisted America's fledgling navy. It's the story of the original Lynx, a licensed letter of marque "created to carry cargo swiftly under wartime conditions, and if need be, to run an enemy blockade or capture a ready prize" – and today's Lynx, inspired by and similar to the original – custom-designed by legendary Melbourne Smith, designer and builder of historical ships including the US Brig Niagra, Californian, builder of the Pride of Baltimore, designer of the Spirit of Massachusetts and Maryland Federalist, and a consultant for HM Bark Endeavour..."
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- Linda Collision