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Pirates of New England: Ruthless Raiders and Rotten Renegades
Gail Selinger
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Description for Pirates of New England: Ruthless Raiders and Rotten Renegades
Paperback. Swashbuckling tales sure to shiver your timbers Compelling accounts of the colorful personalities behind treachery, murder, and mayhem in the waters of coastal New England during the "Golden Age of Piracy," from 1630 to 1730, as well as a description of how New England's leaders tolerated, even encouraged, piracy during the colonial period. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Tales of swashbuckling adventure, murder, treachery, and mayhem! One would be mistaken to think of pirates as roaming only the Caribbean. Pirates as famous as William Kidd and Henry Every have at various times plundered, pillaged, and murdered their way up and down the New England seaboard, striking fear among local merchants and incurring the wrath of colonial authorities. Piracy historian Gail Selinger brings these tales of mayhem and villainy to life while also exploring why New England became such a breeding ground for high seas crime and how the view of piracy changed ... Read more
Tales of swashbuckling adventure, murder, treachery, and mayhem! One would be mistaken to think of pirates as roaming only the Caribbean. Pirates as famous as William Kidd and Henry Every have at various times plundered, pillaged, and murdered their way up and down the New England seaboard, striking fear among local merchants and incurring the wrath of colonial authorities. Piracy historian Gail Selinger brings these tales of mayhem and villainy to life while also exploring why New England became such a breeding ground for high seas crime and how the view of piracy changed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, United States
ISBN
9781493029297
SKU
V9781493029297
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gail Selinger
Gail Selinger is a maritime historian and pirate expert who served as a consultant on the History Channel's Modern Marvels: Pirate Tech. Her commentary appears on the DVDs of The Princess Bride and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates and lectures on pirates and pirate ... Read more
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