About this title: David Cordingly combed original documents and records to produce this authoritative account of piracy's "Golden Age." "Under the Black Flag" explodes many myths and replaces them with a truth that is more complex, and often bloodier, than fiction.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 08/1996
ISBN-13:9780679425601ISBN:0679425608
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003-10-13
ISBN-13:9780156029902ISBN:0156029901
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003-10-13
ISBN-13:9780156029902ISBN:0156029901
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. 1997-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1996-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780156005494ISBN:0156005492
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. no markings save owners last name on leading edge in black marker. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Harvest Book. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Small crease on cover. Text is clean and unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Harvest Book. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I recently saw one of those Major Museum Exhibits about pirates. It was fun and interesting because it debunked many of the myths about pirates. Hint: The Disney folks got the clothes right...and the parrot, but that's about it. David Cordingly's book came out in the 1990s, so we don't get his specific take on Captain Jack Sparrow and his lot, but we do learn a great deal about pirates and, as usual, the truth is quite a big uglier than the movies. And there's no buried treasure. But it is a fun, breezy read about this brief, highly romanticized time in maritime history (about 1680 to 1730) when the Jolly Roger ruled (well, terrorized, anyway), the high seas."
"David Cordingly's "Under the Black Flag" had a lot of great information about the history and culture of piracy; however, the book was severely lacking in structure and organization. From the first page, I felt like I was walking into the book half way through - it just didn't feel like a beginning and I felt like I was missing something. I almost gave up on the book because of this, but I'm glad that I didn't because, as I said before, there's a lot of great information in it."
"Pirates aren't very romantic, and they died young, without treasure, and lived a rough life that might yet be marginally better than what they would have had on the shore. This book illustrates that, but seems kind of superfluous beyond that simple sentence. It was entertaining enough, but on the whole, I'd rather go back to the Aubrey/Maturin books to get my nautical fix."
"An easy read that includes some good stories, but it's really badly organized. The closer you get to the end of the book, the more the chapters turn into dry recitations of facts and events. The way things skipped around was also frustrating, because there was little in the way of coherent narrative.
I liked the idea of comparing fictional pirates with their real-life counterparts, but these two subjects weren't woven together well. The sections about pirate books and movies didn't go very deep (beyond a few obvious choices), and were awkwardly squeezed in at random.
It mostly made me interested in reading some of this book's heavily-cited sources."
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