Blackbeard the Pirate
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Blackbeard the Pirate

A Reappraisal of His Life and Times

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Blackbeard the Pirate

A Reappraisal of His Life and Times

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Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates ever to plague the Atlantic coast. He was also one of the most colorful pirates of all time, becoming the model for countless blood-and-thunder tales of sea rovers. His daring exploits, personal courage, terrifying appearance, and fourteen wives made him a legend in his own lifetime. The legends and myths about Blackbeard have become wilder rather than tamer in the 250 years since his gory but valiant death at Ocracoke Inlet. It is difficult for historians, and all but impossible for the general reader, to separate fact from fiction. Author Robert E. Lee has studied virtually every scrap of information available about the pirate and his contemporaries in an attempt to find the real Blackbeard. The result is a fascinating and authoritative study that reads like an exciting swashbuckler. Lee goes beyond the myths and the image Teach so carefully cultivated to reveal a new Blackbeard—infinitely more interesting as a man than as a legend. In the process, he has captured the spirit and character of a vanished age, "the golden age of piracy."

Robert E. Lee was a former law professor who traced his own ancestry to a possible link with Blackbeard. A native of Kinston, North Carolina, he earned degrees from Wake Forest, Columbia, and Duke universities. The author of sixteen law books, Lee wrote the newspaper column "This is the Law".

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Publisher
Blair
Year
1974
ISBN
9780895874092
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Early Life of Blackbeard
  7. 2. Creation of an Image
  8. 3. Searching for Prizes
  9. 4. Blockade of Charleston
  10. 5. Treachery at Beaufort Inlet
  11. 6. Blackbeard Settles in Bath Town
  12. 7. Refuge in North Carolina
  13. 8. Seafaring Activities of a Pardoned Pirate
  14. 9. Virginia Trial of Blackbeard’s Quartermaster
  15. 10. Preparations in Virginia for the Capture of Blackbeard
  16. 11. Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
  17. 12. Dispute over Jurisdiction
  18. 13. Virginia Trial of the Captured Pirates
  19. 14. Trial of Tobias Knight
  20. 15. Aftermath in North Carolina
  21. 16. End of Piracy
  22. Notes
  23. Appendices
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index