The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook: A Guide to Swashbuckling with the Pirates of the Caribbean - Hardcover

Heller, Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594745048 ISBN 13: 9781594745041

Publisher: Quirk Books, 2011

Synopsis

For every would-be pirate who's wished to cast off the shackles of landlubber society, here is the official guide to taking up seagoing roguishness the right way—er, that is, the right wrong way—well, let’s just say Jack’s way.

The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook gives you an insider’s perspective on all the dirty tricks of the buccaneer’s trade, helpfully arrrrrrrrrticulating such vital nautical information as:

     •  How to Bury Treasure
     •  How to Break a Curse
     •  How to Fight a Tavern Full of Angry Men
     •  How to Stay Alive When Your Ship Sinks
     •  How to Cope with Mermaids

. . . and dozens more crucial skills you’ll want to master before hitting the high seas.

About this title

About the Author

Jason Heller is an entertainment writer for the The A.V. Club, Village Voice Media, and Tor.com, among other publications. He lives in Denver, Colorado. 

From the Back Cover

In the tradition of our popular "Batman Handbook" and "Indiana Jones Handbook" comes the world's only guide to emulating the most popular pirate in motion picture history: "Captain Jack Sparrow". How popular is Captain Jack? Consider that the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean films" - "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Dead Man's Chest" (2006) and "At World's End" (2007) - grossed a combined $1 billion dollars in the United States alone. Now Johnny Depp and his mates are returning for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", due in theaters May 20, 2011. Illustrated with film stills, line drawings, and helpful diagrams, "The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook" will cover everything a swaggering swashbuckler needs to know, including: How to sail a ship; How to climb rigging; How to decipher a treasure map; How to break a curse; How to survive being marooned; How to battle a sea monster; and much, much more. With skills derived from all three films-and up-to-the-minute data regarding the forthcoming "On Stranger Tides" - this handbook will be a surefire hit with Pirates fans of all ages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quirk Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594745048
• ISBN 13: 9781594745041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176