The Confessions of "Charles Gibbs": James Jeffers, Privateering, and Piracy in the Americas, 1816-1830 (Studies in Maritime History)

by WilliamN.Still (Series Editor), JosephGibbs (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $40.68

  Presents the true story of Charles Gibbs - an alias for James Jeffers (1798-1831) of Newport, Rhode Island. This book tells the larger story of American piracy and privateering in the early nineteenth century and illustrates the role of American and European adventurers in the Latin American wars of liberation.