| Colorful, cunning, and beholden to no man, pirates have always fascinated us. This book is about some of those sea outlaws -- the pirates and privateers who infested the Caribbean for over three centuries, constituting one of the most fascinating chapters in a three-thousand-year saga of piracy. A select bibliography and index are included. |
| | | | $I"This book is filled with lively stories and colorful tales, but it also contains facts galore. The who,
what, when and where of Caribbean piracy are ably presented in a readable volume."$I -- Charles Garrett $IThe Garrett Searcher$I, 1992. $IThe author admirable succeeds in meeting her purpose. She has written a solid historical synthesis for the general reader which is accurate, informative, comprehensive, and just plain fun to read."$I -- Light Townsend Cummins, $IFlorida Historical Quarterly$I. |
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