Richard Frohock

Buccaneers and Privateers

The Story of the English Sea Rover, 1675-1725

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a fresh look at English buccaneering and privateering literature from the Golden Age of Piracy and includes discussion of well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan as well as more obscure figures like Captain George Cusack.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Delaware Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781611493870
• ISBN-10: 1611493870
• Artikelnr.: 35211316

Autorenporträt

Richard Frohock is professor of English at Oklahoma State University.  

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments and Permissions List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter
1: The Word and the Grand Pirate, George Cusack Chapter 2: "The Usual
Atrocities:" Narrating Henry Morgan's Raid on Panama City Chapter 3:
Exquemelin in England: The Literary Transformation of Henry Morgan Chapter
4: Captain Bartholomew Sharp and the "Sacred Hunger for Gold" Chapter 5:
Reconsidering William Dampier's Vision Chapter 6: Consummate Privateers:
Edward Cooke and Woodes Rogers Chapter 7: The Return of the Buccaneer in
the Voyage Narratives of Shelvocke and Betagh Bibliography Author Biography