Book Review: The Ocean is a Wilderness: Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority, 1688-1856 Lydia Towns University of Texas at Arlington Abstract Lydia Towns reviews Guy Chet's The Ocean is a Wilderness: Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority, 1688-1856. PDF Published 2014-08-01 Issue Vol. 4 (2014): Traversea Section Book Reviews