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Language
English
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An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates...
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates...
6) Swashbuckler
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A buccaneer saves his friend from execution and then comes to the aid of a wronged noblewoman. Together they attempt to free the citizens of Jamaica from an evil lord.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Bros
Pub. Date
1921.
Language
English
Description
“Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle….It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can't get enough of high-seas adventure? Dip into this fascinating biographical record of some of the most scandalous scallywags history has ever known. This exhaustively researched volume provides details about the hard-lived lives—and ignominious deaths—of the most infamous pirates.
11) Infamous pirates
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Profiles twenty-five male and female sea robbers who stalked oceans from the Spanish Main to the East Indies, including Henry "John" Avery, Anne Bonny, and Sir Henry Morgan.
14) Pirate life
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Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief history of pirates, as well as discussing life onboard a pirate ship, pirate lingo, and the weapons they used.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicling the first two seasons of the worst team in NFL history, an entertaining sports story follows the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1976 and 1977 seasons in which they cemented their place in football history as having the longest losing streak in the history of the league,"--NoveList.
16) Pirate freedom
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
As a young parish priest, Father Christopher has heard many confessions, but his own tale is more astounding than any revelation he has ever encountered in the confessional ... for Chris was once a pirate captain, hundreds of years before his birth.
Fresh from the monastery, the former novice finds himself inexplicably transported back to the Golden Age of Piracy, where an unexpected new life awaits him. At first, he resists joining the notorious...
