Commodore David Porter, the famous captain of the Essex in the War of 1812, took an active hand in the preparation of the squadron. President Monroe's signature was scarcely dry on the document before Porter had matters under way.
A revisionist history of the golden age of piracy draws on original archive records to provide a realistic study of pirates and their lives that refutes many of the myths about the era.
Moubayed, a Beirut-based journalist who has been analysing Syria and the region for 20 years, has unrivalled access to the movement and its participants.
Under the Black Flag also charts the paths of fictional pirates such as Captain Hook and Long John Silver. The definitive resource on the subject, this book is as captivating as it is supremely entertaining.
As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. walking the plank is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier. 16 pp. of photos. Maps. From the Hardcover edition.
Originally published in 1914, this is Kit Dalton's memoirs of his time serving under William Quantrell during the American Civil War and his time as a border outlaw following the surrender of the Confederate States.
In the sensitive, poetic style that characterizes all of his works, the author of The Boy and the Samurai tells a highly personal and impassioned tale of freedom and slavery....
Under the Black Flag