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Author Burgess, Douglas R., Jr.

Title The pirates' pact : the secret alliances between history's most notorious buccaneers and colonial America / Douglas R. Burgess, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : McGraw-Hill, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  910.45 BURGRESS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  910.45 BUR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  910.45 BUR    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-290) and index.
Contents Enemies of the human race -- Erring captains : state-sponsored piracy and its aftermath -- "His majesty's pleasure" : Henry Morgan and Jamaica -- Oddsfish! -- The pirate cabal -- King Baldridge and the Red Sea pirates -- Amity, liberty, and Thomas Tew -- Henry Every, "as yet an Englishman's friend" -- Trials and tribulations -- The most hated man in America -- Nemesis -- "Your loving friends" -- The despair of Lord Bellomont -- "That race of wicked men" -- Afterword : pirate patronage in the twenty-first century.
Subject Pirates -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History.
Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- History.
Governors -- United States -- History.
Governors -- West Indies, British -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- West Indies -- Administration.
ISBN 9780071474764 alkaline paper
0071474765 alkaline paper
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