Flying the Black Flag
Subtitle: A Brief History of Piracy
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: May 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780275977818
Subjects: Maritime History; History; History - General History; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General; Pirates
Description: "From Odysseus - the original pirate of literature and lore - through Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, this book reveals the strategies and methods pirates used to cheat, lie, kill, and rob their way into the historical record, wreaking terror in their bloody wakes."--Book jacket.