![Swashbuckling Stories of Savage Seamen](https://assets.byub.org/images/c2e03eae-7994-4983-8e2d-434c2091355c/720x405.jpg)
- Nov 30, 2020 9:00 pm
- 26:26 mins
Guest: Eric Jay Dolin, author of "Black Flags, Blue Waters," and "Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America" Though golden-age pirates are often romanticized by popular culture, a pirate’s life was far less appealing than is often portrayed. Reviewing the histories behind these storied individuals reveals that their lives were usually nasty, brutish, and short.