Cup of gold
a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, with occasional reference to history
by John Steinbeck
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A STANDOUT in the Steinbeck canon, Cup of Gold is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add a new dimension to the common perception of this all-American writer. Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the author's prodigious body of work. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. And he had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."
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Fiction, Morgan, Henry, in fiction, Governors, Buccaneers, Governors in fiction, Caribbean Area in fiction, Buccaneers in fiction, Morgan, Henry, in fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Jamaica, fiction, Fiction, biographicalPlaces
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Goldstone & Payne. Steinbeck, p. 20
Preface by Lewis Gannett.
Second edition. Cf. Goldstone & Payne.
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