The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina
- ISBN-10
- 0865263310
- ISBN-13
- 9780865263314
- Category
- North Carolina
- Pages
- 81
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Office of Archives and History North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
- Author
- Hugh F. Rankin
Description
Originally published in 1960, this paperback is the most popular title ever published by the Historical Publications Section and has never gone out of print. It contains a separate chapter about Blackbeard, which includes information on the infamous buccaneer's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Also included are an appendix listing seafaring bandits who were active in North Carolina, a listing of other books about pirates, and a glossary of nautical terms pertinent to piracy. New to this twenty-second printing is a detailed index.
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