Marcus Rediker

20 books

The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom by Marcus Rediker

The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

Marcus Rediker

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700 1750 by Marcus Buford Rediker

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700 1750

Marcus Buford Rediker

340 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution by Julius S. Scott

The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution

Julius S. Scott

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist by Marcus Rediker

The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

Marcus Rediker

212 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh

The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh

352 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail by Marcus Rediker

Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail

Marcus Rediker

248 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker, David Lester, Paul Buhle

Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay

Marcus Rediker, David Lester, Paul Buhle

100 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker

The Slave Ship: A Human History

Marcus Rediker

434 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history race adventurous slow-paced
Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic by Marcus Rediker, David Lester

Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic

Marcus Rediker, David Lester

124 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age by Marcus Rediker

Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

Marcus Rediker

248 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced