The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

Colin Woodard (作者) 

出版社: Mariner Books; Reprint (2008年6月30日)

外文書名: 海盜共和國: 加勒比海盜和將他們擊倒的人們之間真實和令人吃驚的故事

平裝: 400頁

語種： 英語

ISBN: 015603462X

條形碼: 9780156034623

商品尺寸: 13.5 x 2 x 20.3 cm

商品重量: 367 g

品牌: Mariner Books

ASIN: 015603462X

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PRAISE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES

"Fascinating . . . beyond rip-roaring adventure stories from the distant past, [the book offers] an opportunity to understand pirates as they truly were."—The New York Times Book Review

"It's a rollicking tale, filled with rich details of the lives of men who, for their own personal gain, challenged the spread of empires."—The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

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From the Back Cover

"It's a rollicking tale, filled with rich details of the lives of men who, for their own personal gain, challenged the spread of empires."--Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

Captains like Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane rallied with their fellow pirates to create the "Flying Gang," thus establishing The Pirate Republic-- a crude, distinctive, and all-too-brief democracy in the Bahamas. Indentured servants became free, blacks and runaway slaves could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by vote.

In cutting off trade routes, sacking slave ships, and severing Europe from its New World, the Pirate Republic shook the very foundations of imperialism and fanned democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American Revolution. They became heroes in the eyes of the people and, in this, their untold story, their glorious Republic lives again.

"The Republic of the Pirates" is the ultimate in beach reading - breezy, colorful, and rich in history and action."--Christian Science Monitor

"[A]n entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing."--Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

COLIN WOODARD is an award-winning journalist. The author of The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier and Ocean’s End: Travels Through Endangered Seas, he is also a foreign correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He lives in Portland, Maine. 

媒體推薦

PRAISE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES

"Fascinating . . . beyond rip-roaring adventure stories from the distant past, [the book offers] an opportunity to understand pirates as they truly were."?The New York Times Book Review

"It's a rollicking tale, filled with rich details of the lives of men who, for their own personal gain, challenged the spread of empires."?The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

作者簡介

COLIN WOODARD writes for the Chronicle of Higher Education and is the author of The Lobster Coast and Ocean’s End. He lives in Portland, Maine.

目錄

Contents

prologue             The Golden Age of Piracy  1

chapter one         The Legend (1696)  10

chapter two         Going to Sea (1697–1702)  28

chapter three      War (1702–1712)  52

chapter four       Peace (1713–1715)  86

chapter five         Pirates Gather (January–June 1716)  115

chapter six           Brethren of the Coast (June 1716–March 1717)  144 chapter seven      Bellamy (March–May 1717)  169

chapter eight      Blackbeard (May–December 1717)  194

chapter nine        Begging Pardon (December 1717–July 1718)  226

chapter ten          Brinksmanship (July–September 1718)  262

chapter eleven   Hunted (September 1718–March 1720)  282

epilogue               Piracy’s End (1720–1732)  311

acknowledgments  329

endnotes  333

index  371