Pirates! : classic tales of treasure, mayhem, and high seas skullduggery / edited by Tom McCarthy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2014]Description: viii, 216 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780762794546
  • 0762794542
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.0108 23
LOC classification:
  • PR1309.S5 P57 2014
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; "The Pirate's Code" by Philip Gosse; "Blackbeard in Virginia" by Howard Pyle; "The Terrible Ladrones" by Richard Glasspoole; "The Malay Proas" by James Fenimore Cooper; "The Granddaughter of the Great Mogul" by Daniel Defoe; "The Man with the Belt of Gold" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "Captain Sharkey" by Arthur Conan Doyle; "A Thief and a Pirate"; "A Lady among the Pirates" by Fanny Loviot; "Pieces of Eight" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Atrocious Life of Charles Gibbs" by Charles Ellms; "The Real Captain Kidd" by Frank Stockton.
Summary: "Here are fifteen thrilling stories that have long been unabatedly popular with readers of all ages. Stories that are, in turn, dramatic, exciting, and eminently readable. These are stories that will transport readers to a long-forgotten world inhabited by some of history's most notorious pirates--both fictional and real-life. These are tales of hidden treasures, kidnapping, murder, intrigue and betrayal--and above all else, adventure. Blackbeard, Long John Silver, buccaneers, and Captain Blood--long forgotten tales from such authors as Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Dolye, and James Fenimore Cooper--the gritty adventure and skullduggery of pirates that has been a staple of adventure tales for hundreds years. Pirates! continues the tradition. Readers will learn the pirate's code from an actual 1700s document, that states, "If any man shall lose a Joint in times of an engagement, shall have 400 Pieces of Eight; if a limb, 800." And "that Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Mose's Law [that is 40 stripes lacking one] on the Bare back."Readers have long turned to the sea as a backdrop for escape. Who doesn't love a tale of pirates, and duplicity, and hidden treasures? All of these stories have endured the test of time and await a new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Here are fifteen thrilling stories that have long been unabatedly popular with readers of all ages. Stories that are, in turn, dramatic, exciting, and eminently readable. These are stories that will transport readers to a long-forgotten world inhabited by some of history's most notorious pirates--both fictional and real-life. These are tales of hidden treasures, kidnapping, murder, intrigue and betrayal--and above all else, adventure. Blackbeard, Long John Silver, buccaneers, and Captain Blood--long forgotten tales from such authors as Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Dolye, and James Fenimore Cooper--the gritty adventure and skullduggery of pirates that has been a staple of adventure tales for hundreds years. Pirates! continues the tradition. Readers will learn the pirate's code from an actual 1700s document, that states, "If any man shall lose a Joint in times of an engagement, shall have 400 Pieces of Eight; if a limb, 800." And "that Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Mose's Law [that is 40 stripes lacking one] on the Bare back."Readers have long turned to the sea as a backdrop for escape. Who doesn't love a tale of pirates, and duplicity, and hidden treasures? All of these stories have endured the test of time and await a new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; "The Pirate's Code" by Philip Gosse; "Blackbeard in Virginia" by Howard Pyle; "The Terrible Ladrones" by Richard Glasspoole; "The Malay Proas" by James Fenimore Cooper; "The Granddaughter of the Great Mogul" by Daniel Defoe; "The Man with the Belt of Gold" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "Captain Sharkey" by Arthur Conan Doyle; "A Thief and a Pirate"; "A Lady among the Pirates" by Fanny Loviot; "Pieces of Eight" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Atrocious Life of Charles Gibbs" by Charles Ellms; "The Real Captain Kidd" by Frank Stockton.

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