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Swashbuckling Scoundrels

Swashbuckling Scoundrels

Pirates in Fact and Fiction

by Arie Kaplan
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/08/2015

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You might be a fan of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. But did you know that real-life pirates were even more daring and charismatic? For example, Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, reportedly kept a lit fuse under his hat, creating a frightening haze of smoke around his head. William Fly, convicted of piracy in 1726, had to show his executioner how to tie the noose that went around his neck at the gallows.

Pirates are outlaws who commit crimes at sea. Throughout history they have attacked cargo-laden ships to pillage gold, silver, human slaves, and valuable foodstuffs. Twenty-first-century pirates take crews hostage and demand ransoms. Some even siphon off petroleum from tanker ships.

The world of pirates is one of violence and economic desperation. Yet over the centuries, pirates have acquired a reputation as rugged adventurers and heroes. Novelists, playwrights, cartoonists, and screenwriters have created a wide range of tales showing pirates as noble and even lovable figures.

Swashbuckling Scoundrels introduces readers to real-life pirates--medieval Viking raiders, Caribbean buccaneers, black pirates, female pirates, and modern-day pirates--as well as famous fictional characters such as Long John Silver and Mary "Jacky" Faber of the Bloody Jack series of novels. See how historical and fictional pirates compare and why we thrill to tales of daring outlaw pirates.

ISBN:
9781467752527
9781467752527
Category:
Geography
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-08-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Lerner Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Weight:
0.39kg
Arie Kaplan

Arie Kaplan is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. As a nonfiction author, Arie is best known for his award-winning From Krakow to Krypton- Jews and Comic Books, which is available now from the Jewish Publication Society. He is the author of many Little Golden Books.

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