About the Book: Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of Americas Most
Notorious Pirates
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters
reveals the surprising history of American piracys "Golden Age"-spanning the
late 1600s through the early 1700s-when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters
of North America and beyond. "Deftly blending scholarship and drama" (Richard
Zacks), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at
first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity
against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes
of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this
period,