Pirate's Life No More
In 1718 the British crown in the Bahamas pardoned 209 mariners accused of piracy. In A Pirate''s Life No More, Steven C. Hahn explores the lives of these "retired” pirates. While there are a number of "famous" names on that list—Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, and Palsgrave Williams, for example—the vast majority of the pardoned are "mostly nobodies." By focusing holistically on pirates—and on t...
In 1718 the British crown in the Bahamas pardoned 209 mariners accused of piracy. In A Pirate''s Life No More, Steven C. Hahn explores the lives of these "retired” pirates. While there are a number of "famous" names on that list—Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, and Palsgrave Williams, for example—the vast majority of the pardoned are "mostly nobodies." By focusing holistically on pirates—and on t...
