Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” — spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s — when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and the Indian Ocean.

Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of colonial solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Black Flags, Blue Waters provides an account of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.

Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.