Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black flags, blue waters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1021802812

Responsibility statement

Eric Jay Dolin

Sub title

the epic history of America's most notorious pirates

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

Table Of 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!"

Target audience

adult

Classification