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Lecture Date: March 19, 2020<\/h2>\n\n

The Sodexo Lecture<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates<\/cite> reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy\u2019s \u201cGolden Age\u201d\u2014spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s\u2014when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. In his slide show and presentation, Eric Jay Dolin will illustrate how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of colonial solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, including towering Blackbeard, as well as pirates whose stories are less familiar, but whose despicable deeds are often just as riveting. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Speaker: Eric Jay Dolin Cancelled due to COVID-19<\/h2>\n
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Eric Jay Dolin is the author of thirteen books, including Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America,<\/cite> which was chosen as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by the Los Angeles Times<\/cite> and the Boston Globe,<\/cite> and also won the 2007 John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; and Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America,<\/cite> which was chosen by the Seattle Times<\/cite> as one of the best nonfiction books of 2010, and also won the James P. Hanlan Book Award, given by the New England Historical Association. His most recent book before Black Flags, Blue Waters is Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse,<\/cite> which was chosen by Classic Boat and Captain<\/cite> as one of the best maritime books of 2016. A graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, where he received his PhD in environmental policy, Dolin lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[592],"class_list":{"0":"post-60392","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-592","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAmerica's Notorious Pirates - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Mary Washington Great Lives series welcomes author Eric Jay Dolin to speak on his work, Black Flags, Blue Waters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/americas-notorious-pirates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"America's Notorious Pirates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Mary Washington Great Lives series welcomes author Eric Jay Dolin to speak on his work, Black Flags, Blue Waters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/americas-notorious-pirates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T14:32:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/americas-notorious-pirates\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/americas-notorious-pirates\\\/\",\"name\":\"America's Notorious Pirates - 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