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Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books Winner of the National
Book Award 1990 The Apocalypse would definitely put a crimp in my
career plans. Rutherford Calhoun, a puckish rogue and newly freed
slave, spends his days loitering around the docks of New Orleans,
dodging debt collectors, gangsters, and Isadora Bailey, a prim and
frugal woman who seeks to marry him and curb his mischievous
instincts. When the heat from these respective pursuers becomes too
much to bear, he cons his way on to the next ship leaving the dock:
the Republic. Upon boarding, to his horror he discovers that he is
on an illegal slave ship embarking on the Middle Passage, the
portion of the triangular trade route that saw slaves transported
from Africa to the US. Staffed by a crew of criminals and
degenerates, the Republic is on a mission to enslave members of the
legendary Allmuseri tribe, while the sadistic yet philosophical
Captain Falcon has a secondary objective: securing a mysterious
cargo that possesses a terrifying and otherworldly power. What
follows is a story of Rutherford's battle for survival, as he finds
himself juggling loyalties between the ship's crew and the enslaved
passengers, and is forced to use every ounce of the charm and
cunning that he possesses to endure the desperate conditions and
battle the myriad deadly forces on the high seas. A masterful blend
of allegory, black comedy, naval adventure and supernatural horror,
Charles Johnson's wildly inventive Middle Passage is a true modern
classic. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the
best of modern literature.
Captain Charles Johnson's General History of Pirates was one of the
best-selling books of 1724, when it was first published. It
provides a sweeping account of what has come to be called the
Golden Age of Piracy. It went through four editions in two years,
and without doubt owed a substantial part of its success to a
dramatic writing style that vividly captures the realities of
pirates' savage existence. The book contains documentary evidence
of events during the lives of its subjects. In the 270 years since
its original publication, Johnson's work has come to be regarded as
the classic study of one of the most popular subjects in maritime
history.
Product Note:
Volume 4 of the 5 volume facsimile collection Key Writings on Subcultures, 1535-1727: Classics from the Underworld [0-415-28675-1]
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