Eric Jay Dolin
Auteur de Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
A propos de l'auteur
Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of Leviathan and Black Flags, Blue Waters, among other books. He and his family live in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Œuvres de Eric Jay Dolin
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates (2018) — Auteur — 319 exemplaires
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (2012) 186 exemplaires
Political Waters: The Long Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor,… (2004) 7 exemplaires
The Duck stamp story 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1961
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Queens, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
- Études
- Brown University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Yale University - Professions
- fisheries policy analyst
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Membres
- 1,860
- Popularité
- #13,838
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 32
- ISBN
- 58
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 2
Dolin really delivers here. Black Flags, Blue Waters fills in some of the gaps that other pirate histories leave behind. I appreciated that this one stuck to the American colonies, rather than focusing solely on Jamaica and Madagascar. People tend to forget that the pirates may have raided int he Caribbean but they unloaded in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Charleston. But Dolin doesn't overpower the reader with every little prize taken or world politics either. He effectively proves that pirates had a direct effect on the economy, the local government and inter-colonial relationships. The colonies were as active in the Golden Age of Piracy as any island in the Caribbean.… (plus d'informations)