{"product_id":"born-to-be-hanged-keith-thomson","title":"Born to Be Hanged, Keith Thomson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the \"fascinating and outrageously readable\" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England--perfect for readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost City of the Monkey God\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates--a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers--gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships. The booty: the bright gleam of Spanish gold and the chance to become legends. So begins one of the greatest piratical adventures of the era--a story not given its full due until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eInspired by the intrepid forays of pirate turned Jamaican governor Captain Henry Morgan--yes, that Captain Morgan--the company crosses Panama on foot, slashing its way through the Darien Isthmus, one of the thickest jungles on the planet, and liberating a native princess along the way. After reaching the South Sea, the buccaneers, primarily Englishmen, plunder the Spanish Main in a series of historic assaults, often prevailing against staggering odds and superior firepower. A collective shudder racks the western coastline of South America as the English pirates, waging a kind of proxy war against the Spaniards, gleefully undertake a brief reign over Pacific waters, marauding up and down the continent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith novelistic prose and a rip-roaring sense of adventure, Keith Thomson guides us through the pirates' legendary two-year odyssey. We witness the buccaneers evading Indigenous tribes, Spanish conquistadors, and sometimes even their own English countrymen, all with the ever-present threat of the gallows for anyone captured. By fusing contemporaneous accounts with intensive research and previously unknown primary sources, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorn to Be Hanged\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a rollicking account of one of the most astonishing pirate expeditions of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.25\" H x 9.49\" L x 6.35\" W, 384 pages, hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42874196426977,"sku":"9780316703611","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/products\/Press-Shop-6177.jpg?v=1660943973","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/born-to-be-hanged-keith-thomson","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}