| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxix, 379 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
A chronicle of America's lesser-known "Golden Age" of piracy describes how exploration-era colonists initially supported, and then violently opposed, pirates that targeted the North American coast, citing the contributions of such figures as Blackbeard, John Winthrop and Benjamin Franklin. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-370) and index. |
| Contents |
Small beginnings -- Welcomed with open arms -- "Where the money was as plenty as stones and sand" -- Crackdown -- War's reprieve -- Interlude, or a pirate classification -- Treasure and the tempest -- The gentleman pirate and Blackbeard -- Fading away -- Epilogue: "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" |
| Subject |
Pirates -- United States -- History.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Pirates. (OCoLC)fst01064776
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1775
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781631492105 (hardcover) |
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1631492101 (hardcover) |
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