{"product_id":"privateering-faye-m-kert-9781421417479","title":"Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to tell the tale of the War of 1812 from the privateers' perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the John Lyman Book Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally condemned by a prize court, the privateers could sell off ships and cargo and pocket the proceeds. Because only a handful of ship-to-ship engagements occurred between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, it was really the privateers who fought--and won--the war at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePrivateering\u003c\/i\u003e, Faye M. Kert introduces readers to U.S. and Atlantic Canadian privateers who sailed those skirmishing ships, describing both the rare captains who made money and the more common ones who lost it. Some privateers survived numerous engagements and returned to their pre-war lives; others perished under violent circumstances. Kert demonstrates how the romantic image of pirates and privateers came to obscure the dangerous and bloody reality of private armed warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on two decades of research, \u003ci\u003ePrivateering\u003c\/i\u003e places the story of private armed warfare within the overall context of the War of 1812. Kert highlights the economic, strategic, social, and political impact of privateering on both sides and explains why its toll on normal shipping helped convince the British that the war had grown too costly. Fascinating, unfamiliar, and full of surprises, this book will appeal to historians and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Faye M. Kert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421417472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421417479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Faye M. Kert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45180192391423,"sku":"9781421417479","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6222f1fc-c44f-48a6-a722-746d3a62ccc0.jpg?v=1712897693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privateering-faye-m-kert-9781421417479","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}