About the Author

Marcus Rediker is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and coauthor of "The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic," which won the International Labor History Association Book Prize in 2001. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is at work on a history of the slave ship.

Reviews

Marcus Rediker knows pirates, and he knows how to tell a story. "Villains of All Nations" is a must read; don't wait for the movie! -Robin D. G. Kelley, author of "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination"