| Great Pirate Stories Contributor(s): Various (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500995878 ISBN-13: 9781500995874 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.41 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sea Stories - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.64 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Great Pirate Stories is a collection of classic pirate stories including those by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Daniel Defoe and other legendary scribes. Included in this collection are the following titles: The Piccaroon. By Scott. -- The Capture of Panama, 1671. By Esquemeling. -- The Malay Proas. By Cooper. -- The Wonderful Fight of the Exchange of Bristol with the Pirates of Algiers. By Purchas. -- The Daughter of the Great Mogul. By Defoe. and many others. Out of the past the pirate emerges as a romantic, even at times heroic, figure. This ultimate status, despite heinous crimes, cannot altogether be denied to the pirate. |
