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Book on Pirate history: Under the Black Flag
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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Paperback)
by David Cordingly
List Price: $15.00
Amazon Price: $10.20
Used editions available starting at 20 cents !
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Later Printing edition (May 9, 2006)

From Publishers Weekly
Widespread piracy began in the Western world in 1650 and ended abruptly around 1725. Cordingly, formerly on the staff of the National Maritime Museum in England, describes who became pirates (mainly volunteers who joined up when their ships were captured); what they wore (scarves or handkerchiefs around their head, just like in the movies); and how they were armed (literally, to the teeth). Pirates, says the author, were "attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life." They were not the clean-cut heroes of the Errol Flynn films either, but cutthroat murderers. Some of the famous pirates are portrayed: Sir Francis Drake made his name by plundering silver on the Spanish Main; Sir Harry Morgan is famous for his ransom of Portobello to the President of Panama for 250,000 pesos; and Captain Kidd remains mysterious because of his buried gold and silver on Gardiners Island, near New York City. Fictitious pirates are also surveyed, such as Long John Silver and Captain Hook, and the allure they still have over us is explored. Even if you don't know a corsair (a Mediterranean-based pirate) from a buccaneer (a Caribbean pirate), this book will delight and inform.

Here is the link to the book's page on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-R....0559659&sr=1- 1

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