The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down | 
pickI believe this author had as his mission to write the best researched, most thorough account of the Republic of Pirates, founded by pirate Benjamin Hornigold, in the Caribbean. The escapades of many a pirate (so many I forget who‘s who), and every ship won or lost, are detailed in this book. Which, unfortunately, makes for a boring pirate book. This book is a well-written assembly of facts and for that reason it‘s a pick for me. It‘d be an ⬇️
“While the officers set about ordering appropriate arms, stores, and provisions, Bonnet concentrated on the matter he thought most important to successful buccaneering: equipping his cabin with an extensive library.”
A would-be pirate Litten.
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Another map to track the pirates
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#Cuba
#Jamaica
#Martinique
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I‘m reading a few pages each day now to try to break my reading slump. I‘m helped along with a map of the world in 1715. #readingtheamericas2023 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
#Bahamas
#Barbados
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I‘m about a week back from vacation and I just can‘t get back into reading other than an audiobook during a business trip the last couple of days. This was not a reading vacay, so busy everyday sightseeing. So I‘ve come back in a reading slump. It‘s high time I continue with this one, I‘d gotten to chapter 3 before I left. Just trying to find the motivation
Since the book is about pirates, I guess I‘d better know the ships!
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#Barbados
#Cuba
#Jamaica
#Martinique
#USVirginIslands or #USVI
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I‘m starting this one now and nothing like starting with a map
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A very favorite time, time to pick out my next books to read since I‘ve just finished my ebook and am soon to finish my audiobook and IRL book. Tagged is my next IRL book for #readingtheAmericas
Works for:
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#Barbados
#Cuba
#Jamaica
#Martinique
#USVirginIslands or #USVI
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This book covers so many countries for #readingtheamericas! Here goes:
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#Belize
#Cuba
#DominicanRepublic
#Haiti
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#USVirginIslands
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so-soOof. I wish I‘d looked at Litsy ratings before I grabbed this audiobook from the library. The subject matter was interesting, but both the audiobook narrator‘s delivery and the writing itself were as dry as a textbook abandoned on sand. Not a terrible book, but disappointing and a bit dull.
so-soIf you're looking for swashbuckling derring-do, then look elsewhere. This is not like the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but rather a bit dry, text bookish account of the so called Golden Age of Pirates. Too many names to remember who's who, and more about the economics of piracy than I cared to know. 3 💥💥💥
3rd Book finished for #SuperSeptember readathon
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pickThis is a good book if you are interested in historical pirates and not just the “arrggghhh, matey!” shenanigans of Hollywood portrayals. It is very well annotated chapter by chapter at the end of the book. The Goodreads description says it inspired the show Crossbones but I see very little similarity other than a name or two. Give it a go if you want the real history.
And just like that it seems my “sniveling puppy” has decided I‘m done reading pirate history this evening. 😂🐶 Night, y‘all! #HankTheBulldog
“Sniveling puppies” . . . Apparently “puppy” was quite the insult in the early 1700‘s 😂 I have run into it several times throughout the book. I rather enjoy Black Sam Bellamy‘s take on organized religion, as well. Sounds like not much has changed in the last 300 years. 🏴☠️
I'm on a big pirate kick right now 🏴☠️☠️🦜
bailedMerp first DNF of the year. Insane interesting topic and time period but omg it's just info dumping made even worse by the narrators voice. Oi vey...the author tried to give some sort of narrative or make it more readable for the general public but it does not work. Plus the narrator is just like a uni lecturer.
Time for my monthly non-fiction title!
so-soThis is a well-written, clearly thoroughly researched account of the golden age of piracy—and the book is filled with recognizable names such as Blackbeard, Vane, & Anne Bonny—and the Englishman who brought it to an end. It‘s also dense with details about who sailed where & the size of the ship they captured as well as its cargo etc... I wanted more social history. Interesting & informative but ultimately I wanted more about life on/off the ships.
I bought a kindle 2 weeks ago, "es un palo" (something that has worked out great, it's a saying we have at Puerto Rico can't really translate). I recommend it for those who can't have many books in their dorm at college.
So, I'm currently studying archaeology and one of my professors talked to me about the pirates that have been here at the Caribbean. Didn't know we could study it. It called my attention, I'll let you guys know
pickI really enjoyed this book and I‘m blaming that on Black Sails but in a really good way! I was already invested in these people as characters on this show and was motivated to read this book to find out their true history and I loved seeing the truth and comparing it to the fiction I had been exposed to. Woodard did a good job chronologically telling the history of this Golden Age of piracy. I learned a lot and finished intrigued yet satisfied!
Checking in with this one. I‘m 100 pages in and it isn‘t horrible. It‘s actually doing a pretty decent job with chronologically explaining what happened. My biggest problem is that there are a lot of “may have happened” “more than likely happened” “probably happened”. Some questions just dont have definitive answers so Woodard is speculating.
I am determined to get through this book and hopefully enjoy and learnd lots. This doesnt have the best reviews but I have to try! Also not sure how much Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack I‘ll be listening to but guaranteed it will happen at some point.
Pretry sure I‘m starting this tomorrow. I need something to read between now and my reread of The Stand with @avgeyer I‘m blaming this choice on Black Sails which just happened to be on TV and this man, playing Charles Vane
pan2/5👎. The whole book was a hot mess. Uninteresting and indigestible for a historical novel. Dry, Dry Dry
What a slog. It has taken 208 pages but now feeling a little action. I am not sure if the distaste for the book comes from the writing, the lack of solid source material, or the overhyped premise of pirates. I am going to stick it out cause I just can‘t quit 🙃
so-soObviously Hollywood glamorizes the life of pirates, but I didn't realize exactly how much glamorizing they actually did. Pirate life was brutal! While the book has some highlights, you feel like you are reading the same thing over and over again (one ship approaches another... sometimes they get away, sometimes not) to a point where it felt monotonous. Would like to see the tv series they created based on the book for comparison.
#ManDown https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhy-RXkNo0 #JuneTunz @Cinfhen (I'm catching up!)
A neat play on the song title.
Forgive the duplication, but this is the only book on my shelves with #skullandcrossedbones.
#pirateslife #whatawaytolive
#whatawaytolive #goldenageofpiracy
What better way to kick off this photo challenge, than with this recent piratey #kindle #nonfiction purchase? I promise not to put this one on repeat too often for this challenge.
Wow some amazing Kindle deals today! I decided on these four. They all sound really interesting.
@CrowCAH there's one about pirates!
The danger of having a Barnes & Noble within walking distance of my hotel: I am going to be going home at the end of this shoot with a lot of books.
pickIf you have any interest in the Golden Age of Piracy or enjoyed Black Sails, you'll love these all-true accounts of the great pirate captains and their deeds. You'll learn, too, of how and why an ordinary sailor might choose - or be forced - to turn pirate. Well-written and fascinating, this book will put you right on deck as you go a-pirating in the Caribbean!
When I read, I'm usually lying on the porch swing or sofa with one foot petting this old man as he snoozes. Happy #NationalDogDay Jake!
Okay, Colin. One more description of the azure seas around Nassau, and I swear it: a pirate's life for me. Arrrrr!
so-soA pretty interesting read. I learned some things about pirates I didn't know before, but overall I felt kind of "meh" about the book.
Lying in a hammock, listening to the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtracks on Spotify, and reading about Blackbeard. Can summer get any better than this?
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#Jamaica
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