Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Botting, Douglas

The Pirates by Douglas Botting - Alexandria, Virginia Time-Life Books 1978 - 192 p. - The Seafarers .

Includes bibliographical referenes and index.

A gallery of rogues who made war on the world -- A golden age for daing sea rovers -- the ships -- Followers of a brutal calling -- A pirate path to the fabled orient -- Dazzling treasures of the Peacock Throne -- The fateful cruise of the "Adventure gallery" -- A brawling lair for a lawless breed -- The terrible teach and his nemesis -- The last and most lethal of the captains -- The scavenging sharks of an inglorious later day -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index

Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.

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Kidd, William died 1701


Pirates

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