Cup of gold
Subtitle: a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, with occasional reference to history
By: John Steinbeck ; introduction by Susan F. Beegel.
Contributors: Beegel, Susan F., 1954-
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780143039457
Subjects: Morgan, Henry, -- Sir, -- 1635?-1688 -- Fiction; Governors -- Jamaica -- Fiction; Buccaneers -- Fiction; Caribbean Area -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."