Lives of the pirates: swashbucklers, scoundrels (neighbors beware!) 9780152059088, 9780544104952, 9780547487939, 0547487932
Introduction -- A case of cold feet?: Alvilda -- Terror with red beards: the Barbarossa brothers -- Also an excellent ho
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English Pages (96 pages) : color illustrations, color map Year 2013
Table of contents :
Introduction --
A case of cold feet?: Alvilda --
Terror with red beards: the Barbarossa brothers --
Also an excellent hostess: Lady Mary Killigrew --
My grandma is a pirate: Grace O'Malley --
The dragon: Sir Francis Drake --
Worried about his reputation: Sir Henry Morgan --
I swear I am not a pirate: Captain Kidd --
The pirate who kept a diary: William Dampier --
Just plain terrifying: Blackbeard --
A red feather in his hat: Black Bart --
Breaking every rule: Mary Read and Anne Bonny --
Least likely to be a pirate: Stede Bonnet --
A ruby as big as a hen's egg: Black Sam Bellamy --
Half a century of harassment: Conajee Angria and his sons --
Not a damsel in distress: Rachel Wall --
Necklaces of severed heads: Madame Cheng --
Witty in three languages: Jean Laffite --
The Black Joke: Benito de Soto --
Not a real pirate: Long John Silver.
