Under the banner of king death : pirates of the Atlantic : a graphic novel
(2023)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
GN/FICTION/LESTER,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2023]
DESCRIPTION
xi, 123 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780807023983, 0807023981, 9780807023983
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Text adapted from Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age ... by Marcus Rediker"--Title page verso
"Under the Banner of King Death explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--