Black flags, blue waters : the epic history of America's most notorious pirates / Eric Jay Dolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolin, Eric Jay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates--United States--History.

Pirates.

History.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xxix, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Summary:

"Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's 'Golden Age'--spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s--when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

During American piracy's 'Golden Age' spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s, lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, among them towering Blackbeard, ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. He also details the pirates' enemies, and shows how they eliminated-- almost always violently-- from the American Atlantic. -- adapted from jacket

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!"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781631492105

1631492101

OCLC:

1021802812

Publisher Number:

99978097367