Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy

by Alfred S. Bradford

Book Overview

Many peoples throughout history have fought pirates, writes Alfred Bradford in Flying the Black Flag. Some have lost and some have won. We should learn from their experience. From Odysseus--the original pirate of literature and lore--through Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, his book reveals the strategies and methods pirates used to cheat, lie, kill, and rob their way into the historical record, wreaking terror in their bloody...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275977811
• ISBN13: 9780275977818
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"