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 | #1126860 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  1989-03-15 |  1989-04-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.85 x6.13l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 318 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Very well written and historically detailed account of Kidd's life|By Jeff Wignall|I live on the coast of Connecticut and if you listen to local lore, George Washington slept in nearly every house that existed in the 1700s (and even some that didn't) and Captain Kidd hung out on every beach drinking the local grog and burying treasure on every small island and beneath almost e|From Library Journal|This excellent volume explores the lives of pirates and probes deeply into the social, economic, and political forces that shaped those lives. Ritchie offers a compelling account, focusing on the legendary Captain Kidd, whose rise and fall m

The legends that die hardest are those of the romantic outlaw, and those of swashbuckling pirates are surely among the most durable. Swift ships, snug inns, treasures buried by torchlight, palm-fringed beaches, fabulous riches, and, most of all, freedom from the mean life of the laboring man are the stuff of this tradition reinforced by many a novel and film. It is disconcerting to think of such dashing scoundrels as slaves to economic forces, but so they were--as Rober...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Captain Kidd and the War against the Pirates   |  Robert Ritchie. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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