Under The Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by David Cordingly
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0156005492
- ISBN 13
- 9780156005494
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About This Item
CORDINGLY, David: Under The Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. San Diego & New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. Originally published in 1995. Trade Paperback, 296 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Pirates & Piracy – History. Condition: Very Good Plus. Some light wear to the book corners, all pages clean and not marked. A lucid and fascinating account of the history of piracy and the colorful individuals that marked that history. ISBN: 0156005492
Synopsis
"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story in a rollicking account of the golden age of piracy that is packed with history, anecdote, and above all adventure. Here are the true stories of such bloodthirsty legends as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, and the fearsome Mary Read. And here are rousing descriptions of what ships pirates sailed, what punishments they exacted, what they really wore, and how they flourished--or perished. From the smoky havoc of shipboard battle to the loneliness of a fugitive's life at sea, this spellbinding narrative vividly brings the brutal world of pirates to life.
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- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 671780033
- Title
- Under The Black Flag
- Author
- David Cordingly
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156005492
- ISBN 13
- 9780156005494
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- San Diego & NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Nonfiction / Pirates & Piracy – History
- Bookseller catalogs
- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; Great Works of History;
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