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100 1 $aPatton, Robert H.$q(Robert Holbrook),$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93085755
245 10 $aPatriot pirates :$bthe privateer war for freedom and fortune in the American Revolution /$cRobert H. Patton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c2008.
300 $axxii, 291 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.
505 00 $tThe good people of Hollywood -- $tHard work -- $tProducers -- $tVictims and villains -- $tJews in show business -- $tThe development process; or, learning to make nothing at all! -- $tThe repressive mechanism -- $tA dark comedy -- $tAn American tragedy -- $tAn understanding and a misunderstanding of the repressive mechanism -- $tCorruption -- $tThe screenplay -- $tHow to write a screenplay -- $tCharacter, plot, dialogue, camera angles, advice to the editor -- $tHelpful hints on screenwriting -- $tThe script -- $tWomen, writing for -- $tHow scripts got so bad -- $tBegging letters -- $t(Secret bonus chapter) the three magic questions -- $tTechnique -- $tStorytelling : some technical advice -- $tLearning by doing -- $tImprovisation -- $tThe slate piece -- $tThe wisdom of the ancients -- $tSome principles -- $tThe audience; or, lessons from duck hunting -- $tAesthetic distance -- $tThe five-gag film -- $tBringing a gun to a knife fight; or, a short tour of the concept of suspension of disbelief -- $tGenre -- $tBang-bang -- $tThe cop movie -- $tFilm Noir and He-Men -- $tShadow of a doubt -- $tReligious films -- $tThe sequel -- $tPassing judgment -- $tReverence as opposed to love -- $tGreat and rotten acting -- $tGood in the room : auditions and the fallacy of testing -- $tCritics -- $tThe critic and the censor -- $tCrimes and misdemeanors -- $tManners in Hollywood -- $tTheft -- $tTwo great American documents; or, in the wake of the Oscars -- $tConclusion : it ain't over till it's over.
520 $aA revelation of America's War of Independence, a sweeping tale of maritime rebel-entrepreneurs bent on personal profit as well as national freedom. Privateers were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores. Patton writes how privateering engaged all levels of Revolutionary life, from the dockyards to the assembly halls; how it gave rise to an often cutthroat network of agents who sold captured goods and sparked wild speculation in purchased shares in privateer ventures, enabling sailors to make more money in a month than they might otherwise earn in a year; and how they turned their seafaring talents to the slave trade. Vast fortunes made through privateering survive to this day, among them those of the Peabodys, Cabots, and Lowells of Massachusetts, and the Derbys and Browns of Rhode Island.--From publisher description.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xNaval operations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140167
650 0 $aPrivateering$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
600 10 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043402
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100030
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115077
852 00 $bmil$hE271$i.P27 2008