{"product_id":"villains-of-all-nations-atlantic-pirates-in-the-golden-age-9780807050255","title":"Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age","description":"\u003ci\u003eVillains of All Nations\u003c\/i\u003e explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis history shows from the bottom up how sailors emerged from deadly working conditions on merchant and naval ships, turned pirate, and created a starkly different reality aboard their own ships, electing their officers, dividing their booty equitably, and maintaining a multinational social order. The real lives of this motley crew-which included cross-dressing women, people of color, and the'outcasts of all nations'-are far more compelling than contemporary myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Rediker is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the International Labor History Association Book Prize in 2001. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is at work on a history of the slave ship.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413160759570,"sku":"9780807050255","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04065ba1-9db3-4f20-abb0-92bf975e7b04.jpg?v=1729348598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/villains-of-all-nations-atlantic-pirates-in-the-golden-age-9780807050255","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}