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Pirates: A Historical Look

Check these books out for a look at the real lives of pirates and privateers during the fabled "Golden Age of Piracy" that inspired much of the presence of pirates in popular culture, featuring biographies of the most notorious pirates of the era and how they operated during their reign on the seas. Also included are conflicts with pirates in later years.

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  • Black Flags, Blue Waters

    the Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

    Dolin, Eric Jay,
    BookNew York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 973.2 Dol
  • The Republic of Pirates

    Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

    Woodard, Colin, 1968-
    BookOrlando : Harcourt, c2007. — 910.45 Woo
  • Pirates

    The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

    Cawthorne, Nigel
    eBookArcturus Digital Limited, 2019
  • Under the Black Flag

    the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

    Cordingly, David
    BookNew York : Random House, c1995. — 910.45 Cor
  • Empire of Blue Water

    Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Oulaws' Bloody Reign

    Talty, Stephan
    BookNew York : Crown Publishers, c2007. — 972.904 Tal
  • Enemy of All Mankind

    a True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt

    Johnson, Steven, 1968-
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2020. — 910.45 Joh
  • Pirates

    An Illustrated History

    Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-
    BookEdison, NJ : Chartwell Books, Inc., 2005. — 364.164 Caw
  • The Pirates' Pact

    the Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America

    Burgess, Douglas R.
    BookChicago : McGraw-Hill, 2008. — 910.45 Bur
  • Blackbeard

    America's Most Notorious Pirate

    Konstam, Angus
    BookHoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006. — 975.502 Kon
  • Jean Laffite Revealed

    Unraveling One of America's Longest Running Mysteries

    Oliphant, Ashley, 1978-
    BookLafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2021. — La B Laffite, Jean
  • The Pirate Hunter

    the True Story of Captain Kidd

    Zacks, Richard
    BookNew York : Theia : Hyperion Books, c2002. — B Kidd, William