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Black flags, blue waters : the epic history of America's most notorious pirates  Cover Image Book Book

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

Dolin, Eric Jay, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781631492105
  • ISBN: 1631492101
  • Physical Description: xxix, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Available copies

  • 11 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County Library - Main Library. (Show preferred library)

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  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Livingston County Library - Main Library 973.2 DOLIN (Text) 2601866225 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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