At The Point Of A Cutlass
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At the Point of a Cutlass
Author | : Gregory N. Flemming |
Publsiher | : ForeEdge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781611685152 |
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A handful of sea stories define the American maritime narrative. Stories of whaling, fishing, exploration, naval adventure, and piracy have always captured our imaginations, and the most colorful of these are the tales of piracy. Called America's real-life Robinson Crusoe, the true story of Philip Ashton--a nineteen-year-old fisherman captured by pirates, impressed as a crewman, subjected to torture and hardship, who eventually escaped and lived as a castaway and scavenger on a deserted island in the Caribbean--was at one time as well known as the tales of Cooper, Hawthorne, and Defoe. Based on a rare copy of Ashton's 1725 account, Gregory N. Flemming's vivid portrait recounts this maritime world during the golden age of piracy. Fishing vessels and merchantmen plied the coastal waters and crisscrossed the Atlantic and Caribbean. It was a hard, dangerous life, made more so by both the depredations and temptations of piracy. Chased by the British Royal Navy, blown out of the water or summarily hung when caught, pirate captains such as Edward Low kidnapped, cajoled, beat, and bribed men like Ashton into the rich--but also vile, brutal, and often short--life of the pirate. In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick, At the Point of a Cutlass expands on a lost classic narrative of America and the sea, and brings to life a forgotten world of ships and men on both sides of maritime law.
At the Point of a Cutlass
Author | : Gregory N. Flemming |
Publsiher | : ForeEdge |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781611685626 |
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A handful of sea stories define the American maritime narrative. Stories of whaling, fishing, exploration, naval adventure, and piracy have always captured our imaginations, and the most colorful of these are the tales of piracy. Called America's real-life Robinson Crusoe, the true story of Philip Ashton--a nineteen-year-old fisherman captured by pirates, impressed as a crewman, subjected to torture and hardship, who eventually escaped and lived as a castaway and scavenger on a deserted island in the Caribbean--was at one time as well known as the tales of Cooper, Hawthorne, and Defoe. Based on a rare copy of Ashton's 1725 account, Gregory N. Flemming's vivid portrait recounts this maritime world during the golden age of piracy. Fishing vessels and merchantmen plied the coastal waters and crisscrossed the Atlantic and Caribbean. It was a hard, dangerous life, made more so by both the depredations and temptations of piracy. Chased by the British Royal Navy, blown out of the water or summarily hung when caught, pirate captains such as Edward Low kidnapped, cajoled, beat, and bribed men like Ashton into the rich--but also vile, brutal, and often short--life of the pirate. In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick, At the Point of a Cutlass expands on a lost classic narrative of America and the sea, and brings to life a forgotten world of ships and men on both sides of maritime law.
Pike Cutlass Hero Tales of Our Navy
Author | : George Gibbs |
Publsiher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2021-01-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9785040564675 |
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An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Falconer Improved and Modernized The Mariner s New and Complete Naval Dictionary Illustrated with Thirteen Or Rather Twelve Copper plate Engravings Third Edition Revised Corrected and Improved by J W Norie
Author | : William FALCONER (Poet.) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0026654429 |
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A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine Being a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction Equipment Machinery Movements and Military as Well as Naval Operations of Ships with Such Parts of Astronomy and Navigation as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators
Author | : William Falconer,William Burney |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1815 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : ONB:+Z177583902 |
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A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine
Author | : William Burney |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 902 |
Release | : 1815 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433070540285 |
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Sailing Directions for the West Indies
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : HARVARD:HNQK5Q |
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