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The last days of Black Beard the pirate : within every legend lies a grain of truth / Kevin Duffus.

Duffus, Kevin P. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1888285540
  • ISBN: 9781888285543
  • Physical Description: 256 pages
  • Edition: Fourth edition.
  • Publisher: Raleigh, NC : Looking Glass Productions, Inc., 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A note from the author -- Prologue: Sister Susie -- The man we made him to be -- The historiography of Blackbeard -- A Bristol man born? -- Two years a pyrat -- Near the old watering hole -- Ragged remnants of history -- Subtle whispers of the past -- Business in Bath Town -- A fruitless vineyard -- Lurking about High Street -- A sail! A sail! -- Midnight run to Bath Town -- The ides of September -- Colonial chessboard -- Mysterious tides of history -- Such a day -- The Bath County pirates -- Black Beard's blood -- His story -- Treasure islands, skulduggery and other tall tales -- A link in the chain -- Sister Susannah -- Black Beard's black pirates -- The identity and origins of Caesar -- Family connections -- The reinternment of Edward Salter.
Subject:
Blackbeard, -1718.
Black Beard, -1718.
Pirates > Biography.
Pirates > North Carolina > Atlantic Coast > Biography.
Pirates > Virginia > Atlantic Coast > Biography.
North Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Atlantic Coast (N.C.) > History > 18th century.
Atlantic Coast (Va.) > History > 18th century.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System.

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