The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers (Dover Maritime)

Marine Research Society

ISBN 10: 0486276074 / ISBN 13: 9780486276076

Published by Dover Publications, 1993

Seller Inventory # 0486276074-3-29200780

Synopsis:

Rare volume recounts lives and cold-blooded exploits of Black Beard, Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Anne Bonney, and other maritime marauders. 77 atmospheric wood engravings.

From the Back Cover:

In these delightfully melodramatic accounts, originally published in an extremely rare 1837 volume, you'll find true stories of the diabolical desperadoes who plundered ships on the high seas and murdered their passengers and crews. The stories--based on contemporary newspaper accounts, trial proceedings, and Admiralty records--describe in lurid detail the life, atrocities, and bloody death of the infamous Black Beard as well as the cold-blooded exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read, and scores of other maritime marauders.
The first edition of The Pirates Own Book was published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1837, and during the next 25 years it was followed by at least eight other editions. Today it is a rarity among collectors. Now available once again in this inexpensive edition, it will thrill lovers of drama on the high seas or any reader interested in the true-life adventures of the ruthless men and women who sailed under the black flag so long ago.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives ...
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good