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Author Rediker, Marcus.

Title Villains of all nations : Atlantic pirates in the golden age / Marcus Rediker.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F106 .R42 2004    Available  ---
Description 240 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-221) and index.
Contents A tale of two terrors -- Political arithmetic of piracy -- Who will go "a pyrating"? -- "The new government of the ship" -- "To do justice to sailors" -- Women pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read -- "To extirpate them out of the world" -- "Defiance of death itself" -- Conclusion: Blood and gold.
Subject Pirates -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.
Pirates.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Pirates -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century.
Caribbean Area.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
Naval history.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0807050245 alkaline paper