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Under the black flag : the romance and the reality of life among the pirates
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Under the black flag : the romance and the reality of life among the pirates

Author: David Cordingly
Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2006 Random House trade pbk. edView all editions and formats
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A revisionist history of the golden age of piracy draws on original archive records to provide a realistic study of pirates and their lives that refutes many of the myths about the era.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Cordingly
ISBN: 081297722X 9780812977226
OCLC Number: 70067406
Description: xxi, 296 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Wooden legs and parrots --
Plundering the treasure ports --
Sir Henry Morgan --
Women pirates and pirates' women --
Storms, shipwrecks, and life at sea --
Into action under the pirate flag --
Torture, violence, and marooning --
Pirate islands and other haunts --
Sloops, schooners, and pirate films --
Captain Kidd and buried treasure --
Hunting down the pirates --
Trials, executions, and hanging in chains --
Afterword: the romance of piracy --
Glossary of sea terms.
Responsibility: David Cordingly.
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A revisionist history of the golden age of piracy draws on original archive records to provide a realistic study of pirates and their lives that refutes many of the myths about the era.

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