New Books Ready to Check Out!Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge.
by Edward Kritzler
"In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, Sephardic Jewish pirates plundered Spanish and Portuguese possessions for riches and revenge. The seventeenth century began with Jews outlawed in the New World and most of Europe, and it ended in their freedom." (from book jacket front cover)
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