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Born to be hanged : the epic story of the gentlemen pirates who raided the South Seas, rescued a princess, and stole a fortune
Title
Born to be hanged : the epic story of the gentlemen pirates who raided the South Seas, rescued a princess, and stole a fortune / Keith Thomson.
ISBN
9780316703611
0316703613
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
ix, 371 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England."--Amazon.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-356) and index.
Contents
Part I: The sacred hunger of gold. The princess
The golden swordsman
The gap
Golden-cap
The forlorn
The second-largest city in the western hemisphere
A natural pirate
An easy canoe ride
Castaways
Surprizal
The dragon
The extreamest hazard of fire and sword
Blood ran down the decks in whole streams
Mutiny
Part II: The South Seas. The muzzles of our guns
Swallowed by the sea
As valiant and courageous as any could be
Snake-haired sisters
The merry blades
Water, water
Ransom
Eighty-five stout fellows
Robinson Crusoe
The very illustrious and royal city of Saint Mark of Arica
The itch
Part III: Straits. Expect to be shot to death
The pyre
Bloodletting
A warm deck
The horn
Landfall
The silver oar
The sequel.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
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