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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates Reality Street Editions Robert PreusShrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth and eighteenth century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take the study of piracy, which can easily lapse into