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The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main (Annotated): An Annotated Emu Edition Paperback – March 31, 2021

by Ned Buntline (Author), Mark Metzler Sawin (Editor, Introduction)
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The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main is the quintessential pirate novel of nineteenth-century America, full of bloody battles, looting and pillaging, darkest revenge, hidden identities, and ultimately reconciling romance. Printed and reprinted multiple times throughout the antebellum years, it thrilled a generation and helped launch what became the Dime Novel sensation. The young Samuel Clemens so loved it that thirty-years later as Mark Twain he had his most famous character reenact the story, proclaiming himself to be "Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main!" Written by Edward Zane Carroll Judson in 1847 under his far more famous pseudonym, "Ned Buntline," this story helped launch his chaotic career as a "blood and thunder" author and political provocateur. He went on to lead riots in New York City and St. Louis, engage in filibustering in Cuba, nearly get lynched in Nashville, lead temperance lectures across the West, help launch the Know-Nothing Party, and during it all he wrote over 170 novels that helped launch the crime noir and Western genres—indeed it was a Buntline novel that turned the handsome young guide, William Cody, into Buffalo Bill. This novel is not just an entertaining, fast-paced pirate story, it is also a cultural artifact of its time. This annotated edition is designed to help the present generation better understand the cultural context of this story, including the complex racial and political overtones that show it to be not just a pirate tale, but also a response to the aggressive "manifest destiny" of the Mexican-American War that was raging at the time of its publication. As is true with all annotated Emu Editions, this volume explicates this classic story with dozens of annotations and notes while also including a brief biography of Ned Buntline and an essay that places this novel within its antebellum American context. These essays and explications make this Emu Editions volume not just an entertaining read, but also a helpful text for understanding this important era in United States History.
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    243 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    March 31, 2021
  4. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.61 x 8 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0692466444
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0692466445
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Emu Editions (March 31, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 243 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0692466444
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0692466445
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.61 x 8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb edition of a wild and wacky tale
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No better reprint of this book could be hoped for… features original illustrations and portraits of the author gleaned from 19th century dime novels and newspapers, and the book and the author are introduced with brilliant gusto in accompanying pieces. I’m sure Ned Buntline would be amazed and delighted to see his work given the honors of such a careful treatment… especially given how careless and improvisational his life and writing both were.
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