On the account : piracy and the Americas, 1766-1835 / Joseph Gibbs.

Author/creator Gibbs, Joseph, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoEastbourne ; Portland OR : Sussex Academic Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Pirates--America. --History. --Sources.
Piracy--Atlantic Coast (U.S.). --Sources.
Piracy--Caribbean Area. --History. --Sources.
Pirates--Atlantic Coast (U.S.). --History. --Sources.
Pirates--Caribbean Area. --History. --Sources.
Mutiny--United States. --History. --Sources.

Contents Veterans in blood and murder : the mutiny aboard the Polly and the trial of Joseph Andrews (1766, 1769) -- "All Tory by God" : mutiny aboard the St. Louis -- "A heart hard enough to kill a man" : the Eliza mutiny and the trial of ¿three foreigners¿ (1799-1800) -- "The most abject slavery" : the United States and the Barbary pirates (1793-1804) -- "A horrible crime to think upon" : mutiny on the George Washington -- "The greatest villains that ever blackened the human character" : the privateers of the Gulf and Caribbean (1814-1821) -- "They took to their heels" : Kearny's enterprise at Cape Antonio (1821-1822) -- "Her red flag [was] nailed to the mast" : the campaign against piracy in the Gulf and Caribbean (1822-1825) -- "No evidence of a contrite heart" : the Vineyard mutiny and the piracy confessions of Charles Gibbs (1830-1831) -- "Demons in the shape of men" : the taking of the Mexican and its aftermath (1832-1835).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011040270
ISBN9781845194765
ISBN1845194764 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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