Black Flags, Blue Waters - The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. | Library Meeting Hall
Presentation by bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin, sponsored by the Friends of the Jamestown Philomenian Library, with additional support from the Jamestown Historical Society.
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age”—spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s—when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of colonial 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, among them towering Blackbeard, ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.
Eric Jay Dolin Bio:
Eric Jay Dolin is the author of sixteen books, including Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, which was chosen as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe, and also won the 2007 John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution was awarded the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature. His A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was chosen as one of the 50 notable books of non-fiction of the year by The Washington Post, and as one of the Best Science & Technology Books of 2020 by the Library Journal and Booklist. Black Flags, Blue Waters was selected as a “Must-Read” book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Dolin lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family. For more information, please see www.ericjaydolin.com.
Room Reservation:
Thursday, September 26
Program Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Event Location:
Name of Organization:
Friends of the Jamestown Philomenian Library
Contact Name:
Ted Baldwin
Contact Phone Number:
401-423-7280
Contact Email:
jamlibdirector@gmail.com
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