David Lester, Marcus Rediker

Broschiertes Buch

Under the Banner of King Death

Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel

Illustrator: Lester, David

Beschreibung

"Explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--

Autor

David Lester illustrated the award-winning 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. His poster of anti-war protester Malachi Ritscher was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the guitarist in the rock duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Fearless Benjamin Lay, and Villains of All Nations on which this book is based. Paul Buhle, a retired senior lecturer at Brown University, is the authorized biographer of C. L. R. James. He has edited more than a dozen nonfiction graphic novels, including Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson. Marcus Rediker worked with David Lester and Paul Buhle to adapt his book The Fearless Benjamin Lay (2017) into Prophet against Slavery: Benjamin Lay. A Graphic Novel (Beacon, 2021).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780807023983
• ISBN-10: 0807023981
• Artikelnr.: 64044940