| Description |
xv, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in maritime history |
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Studies in maritime history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and index. |
| Contents |
"So Mild and gentle a countenance" -- Formative Years -- The Hornet, the Chesapeake, and the "Boston Grocery" -- Going to Sea in a Lawless Age -- The Privateer Maria -- "Against All Nations" -- The Pirate Hunters and Their Prey -- Shadow Years -- The Vineyard's Last Voyage -- "Adjudged a pirate and a felon" -- The Arch-Pirate Emerges -- "A dreadful thing to die" -- Epilogue: The Legacy of "Charles Gibbs". |
| Subject |
Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831.
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Pirates -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781570036934 cloth alkaline paper |
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1570036934 cloth alkaline paper |
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