As a North Carolina local I can't emphasize more how hyped we're here about the pirate history of our state. Every cove, bay and island that used to be used by the pirates has become a tourist attraction and people are flocking from around the world (myself included) to checkout the Queen's Anne Revenge burial site and where the infamous pirate Blackbeard has lost his head.
This book shouldn't be sold at a pirate-themed amusement park or in a pirate museum souvenir store. The reason is that it tells the cruel thruth about the pirates and takes out the romance that we've been fed through the books and movies. It's main message is that pirates were gangs of thugs looting, killing and torturing whoever was on their way. They weren't pretty princes riding on unicorns fighting the armies of evil, quite the opposite of that.
This is the book you want to read if you want to be real about pirates.
My score 4/5