My Book Recommendations for Pirate History and Books Referenced in the Podcast

For those interested in reading more about pirate history, I created this list of 9 books that should get anyone started in the right direction on pirate history. Each book listing includes a brief description as to their qualities.
9 Broad Topic Books on Pirates

In addition to that, here are a few of the sources that I mention in the course of both parts of this 2-part podcast:

Johnson, Charles. A General History of the Pyrates. Manuel Schonhorn ed. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1972.
This is that source, while from the period, is technically a secondary source published originally between 1724 and 1728, is a significant source on pirate history. Though the book is heavily influenced by the concept of "factual fiction," it nonetheless influenced so many historians and writers alike and helped create a number of pirate myths and misnomers. Be it for the history or for the influence on the public perception of piracy for the past 300 years, this book is crucial. The best reprint of this book is the version edited by Manuel Schonhorn, since he includes notes as to potential sources that influenced the writing of this book, notes the changes made to the first volume of the book over the original 4 editions released between 1724 and 1726, and included all the stories from both volumes in full. Dover Maritime publishing did release a paperback edition of this in 1999 for those interested in obtaining a copy but cannot/will not get a copy of the 1972 edition.

Bialuschewski, Arne. “Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, and the General Hystory of the Pyrates.” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 98, no. 1 (2004): 21–38.
When I mentioned that Daniel Defoe has been proved not to be the author of A General History of the Pyrates - this is the article that demonstrates it was a man named Nathaniel Mist.

Fox, E. T. King of the Pirates: The Swashbuckling Life of Henry Every. Stroud: History, 2008.
I mention this title while discussing Henry Every and how much treasure he took in the Indian Ocean. It's the best biography of Henry Every available.

Rediker, Marcus. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
This title is recommended for informing people about the life of sailors during the early eighteenth century from the perspective of labor history.

Konstam, Angus, David Rickman, and Giuseppe Rava. Pirate: The Golden Age. Oxford: Osprey Pub, 2011.
I made reference to this book as the one that David Rickman describes how he discovered the inspiration for artist Howard Pyle's works on pirates - the ones that so heavily influenced the pirate image to this day.

Caruana, Adrian B. The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875. Ashley Lodge, East Sussex, UK: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1997.
For those interested in my reference to 40% of English Ordnance produced during the War of Spanish Succession being 6-pounders, it came from this 2-volume work.

Also, I want to highlight a new work - published between the time when this podcast was recorded and it's current airing, by the man I mentioned in the podcast, Dr. Ed Fox. He published a new primary source collection on pirate history. The book is called, Pirates in Their Own Words: Eye-Witness Accounts of the “Golden Age” of Piracy, 1690-1728. Fox Historical, 2014. It's available on Amazon.com and Lulu.com.

Found this via the tiny, tiny subreddit /r/pirates. Nicely done!

Also, I apologize to people of the British Isles in advance - I'm pretty sure I mispronounce Jacobite and Greenwich.

This is very well done!