Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality, and Masculine Identity

Introduction: A Merry Lifes and a Short One
1. Life on Board an Early-Eighteenth Century Ship
2. Hostis Humani Generis: The Common Enemy againist All Mankind
3. Trial Records, Last Words, and Other Ephemera: The Literary Artifacts of Piracy
4. Captain Avery and the Making of an Antihero
5. Fabricated by the Frail Hand of Man: The General History and Fictional Reality
6. A Brave, a Just, an Innocent and a Noble Cause
7. Solemn Imprecations and Curses : Captain Singleton's Search for Identity
8. Robinson Crusoe and "True Christian" Identity