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Author Thomson, Keith, 1965- author.

Title Born to be hanged : the epic story of the gentlemen pirates who raided the south seas, rescued a princess, and stole a fortune / Keith Thomson.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
©2022.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  910.45 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  910.45 THO    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  910.45 THO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  972.87 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  910.45 THO    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  359 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  910.45 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  910.45 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  972.8702 THOMSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  910.45 THO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description ix, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-356) and index.
Contents Part I : the sacred hunger of gold. The princess -- The golden swordsman -- The gap -- Golden-cap -- The forlorn -- The second-largest city in the westren hemisphere -- A natural pirate -- An easy canoe ride -- Castaways -- Surprizal -- The Dragon -- The extreamest hazard of fire and sword -- Blood ran down the decks in whole streams -- Mutiny -- Part II : the south seas. The muzzles of our guns -- Swallowed by the sea -- As valiant and courageous as any could be -- Snake-haired sisters -- The merry blades -- Water, water -- Ransom -- Eighty-five stout fellows -- Robinson Crusoe -- The very illustrious and royal city of Saint Mark of Arica -- The itch -- Part III : straits. Expect to be shot to death -- The pyre -- Bloodletting -- A warm deck -- The horn -- Landfall -- The silver oar -- The sequel.
Summary "Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England."--Amazon.
Subject Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688 https://isni.org/isni/0000000114433446
Piracy -- Panama -- History -- 17th century.
Pirates -- Panama -- History -- 17th century.
Panama -- History -- 17th century.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688. (OCoLC)fst01772940
Piracy. (OCoLC)fst01773008
Pirates. (OCoLC)fst01064776
Panama. (OCoLC)fst01205585
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form Biographies.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780316703611 (hardcover)
0316703613 (hardcover)
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