copyright 1997; "The Romance and the Reality of life among the Pirates"; Random House publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
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For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents & records to produce a most authoritative & definitive account of piracy's Golden Age. As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. walking the plank is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex & often bloodier.