{"product_id":"9780807050255","title":"Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillains of All Nations\u003c\/i\u003e explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history shows from the bottom up how sailors emerged from deadly working conditions on merchant and naval ships, turned pirate, and created a starkly different reality aboard their own ships, electing their officers, dividing their booty equitably, and maintaining a multinational social order. The real lives of this motley crew-which included cross-dressing women, people of color, and the'outcasts of all nations'-are far more compelling than contemporary myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015256457456,"sku":"9780807050255","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807050255_p0.jpg?v=1763742769","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807050255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}