Top Ten Things You'll Learn about Pirates x --
Buccaneers, Privateers, and Corsairs 2 --
Attack of the Scallywags 4 --
Mediterranean Marauders 10 --
Who Were the Sea Peoples? 12 --
Grecian Maritime Power 15 --
3 Hellfire and Brimstone 19 --
Piracy under Roman Rule 20 --
4 Barbarians at the Gate 31 --
Barbarossa Brothers 38 --
New World Territories 45 --
Master and Commander 49 --
6 For Queen and Country 51 --
Uniting Two Kingdoms 52 --
Rise of a Master Slaver 55 --
Tumultous Walter Raleigh 59 --
Elizabeth's Sea Dogs 60 --
Saving Grace and Face 62 --
Setting the Stage: Piracy in the New World 66 --
Caribbean Spanish Colonies 67 --
Buccaneers of Tortuga 70 --
Brethren of the Coast 72 --
Flail of the Spaniards 72 --
Exquemelin: The Buccaneer Chronicler 74 --
Don't Call Him Pirate 78 --
Demise of the Oxford 81 --
A Drink Before Dying 87 --
Hardship of Pirating 88 --
9 A Day in the Life 91 --
Honor among Thieves 101 --
Articles of Bartholomew Roberts 102 --
Galleons and Warships 110 --
Merchant Vessels and Slavers 112 --
Anatomy of a Pirate Ship 112 --
Tools of the Trade 114 --
Element of Surprise 117 --
11 Pirates of the Carribean 121 --
Terror of Black Bart 130 --
Black-hearted Demons 135 --
Fear and Loathing on the High Seas 138 --
A Gentlemanly Friendship 140 --
Begging Your Pardon 142 --
Immortalization of a Raging Rogue 144 --
13 Notorious Pirates 147 --
World According to Dampier 148 --
Woodes Rogers: Beginning of the End 150 --
Tale of William Kidd 152 --
Edward England's Fancy 153 --
Life and Times of Henry Every 154 --
Jean Lafitte: The King of Barataria 155 --
A Walk on the Wild Side 157 --
14 Fame, Fortune, and Fatality 159 --
From Rags to Riches 160 --
Outrageous Behavior 171 --
Method and Madness 173 --
What Comes Around Goes Around 173 --
Women on the High Seas 176 --
Calico Jack's Legendary Women 180 --
Wily Wenches and Private Ladies 186 --
16 Kingdoms of Piracy 191 --
Devilment and Debauchery 192 --
Wickedest City in the World 193 --
Notorious Hideaways 196 --
Madagascar and Libertalia 200 --
For the Love of Louisiana 202 --
Flagrant or Fabulous? 203 --
17 Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle o' Rum 205 --
Stereotypical Pirate 206 --
Pirate Eccentricities 209 --
Wine, Wenches, and Song 211 --
Polly Wanna Cracker? 214 --
Pirate Phraseology 215 --
18 Literary and Celluloid Pirates 219 --
Famous Pirate Literature 220 --
Have Sword, Will Travel 223 --
Singing and Swinging Seafarers 228 --
A Cinematic Treasure Trove 229 --
19 "X" Marks the Spot 231 --
Modern-day Treasure Hunting 232 --
Black Sam's Whydah Gally 232 --
Atocha, Maravilla, and Conception 235 --
Money Pit of Oak Island 240 --
City under the Sea 242 --
Hunt for the Queen Anne's Revenge 243 --
Legends of the Fallen 244 --
20 Pirate Fact or Fiction 245 --
Dead Men Make Good Tales 246 --
Kidd's Secret Stash 252 --
Cobhams: A Piratical Marriage 255 --
21 Epilogue: Modern-day Piracy 267 --
Worldwide Epidemic 258 --
New Victims, Old Tactics 262 --
History, Horror, and Homage 266 --
Appendix B Famous Pirates 272 --
Appendix C Piratespeak 275.