BOOKS by Barry Richard Burg

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century more books like this

by Barry Richard Burg

"A great . . . very interesting book." --Johnny Depp "Burg puts historians to shame by raising extremely interesting questions that no one before had asked." --Christopher Hill in "New York Review of Books" Pirates are among the most heavily romanticized and fabled characters in history. From Bluebeard to Captain Hook, they have been the ...

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An American Seafarer in the Age of Sail: The Erotic Diaries of Philip C. Van Buskirk, 1851-1870 more books like this

by Barry Richard Burg, Jeff Rosenplot

Philip C. Van Buskirk enlisted in the US Marines in 1846 at the age of 12, and from 1851 he recorded his experiences and thoughts in a diary. The author of this book draws on the diaries of Van Buskirk to paint a picture of life in 19th-century America.

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