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THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Carribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
In this unique and fascinating book, Colin Woodard brings to life this virtually unexplored chapter in the Golden Age of Piracy.
In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous "Flying Gang" was more than simply a thieving band of brothers. Many of its members had come to piracy as a revolt against conditions in the merchant fleet and in the cities and plantations in the Old and New Worlds. Inspired by notions of self-government, they established a crude but distinctive form of democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which indentured servants were released and leaders chosen or deposed by a vote. They were ultimately overcome by their archnemesis, Captain Woodes Rogers—a merchant fleet owner and former privateer—and the brief though glorious moment of the Republic of Pirates came to an end.
Colin Woodard, an author and award-winning journalist, writes for The Christian Science Monitor, Down East, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. A native of Maine, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and six continents, and lived for more than four years in Eastern Europe during and after the collapse of communism. He is the author of the New England bestseller "The Lobster Coast", a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine; "Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas", a narrative non-fiction account of the deterioration of the world's oceans; and "The Republic of Pirates", a definitive biography of Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy, and other members of the most famous pirate gang in history. His fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America", was released by Viking Press in September 2011. Colin Woodard lives in Portland, Maine.
Colin Woodard, an author and award-winning journalist, writes for The Christian Science Monitor, Down East, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. A native of Maine, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and six continents, and lived for more than four years in Eastern Europe during and after the collapse of communism. He is the author of the New England bestseller "The Lobster Coast", a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine; "Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas", a narrative non-fiction account of the deterioration of the world's oceans; and "The Republic of Pirates", a definitive biography of Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy, and other members of the most famous pirate gang in history. His fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America", was released by Viking Press in September 2011. Colin Woodard lives in Portland, Maine.
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Published 2007-05-01 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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