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Author:

Lethbridge, Lucy.

Title:

True stories of pirates / Lucy Lethbridge.

Publisher:

EDC,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2004

Description:

142 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Pirates--Juvenile literature.
Pirates--History--Juvenile literature.
Pirates.
Pirates--History.

Notes:

Originally published : London : Usborne, 2004. "Usborne paperbacks."

Contents:

The golden age of piracy -- The capture of the Bird Galley -- Long Ben, the Arch-Pirate -- The count of Ericeira's Diamonds -- Into the pirates' lair -- The pirate who drank tea -- Captain Kidd: the reluctant pirate -- Two hell-cats -- Marooned -- A novelist escapes the Corsairs -- The conquest of the Quakers -- The saint who survived slavery -- Mrs. Ching, the terror of the South China Seas -- The Black Joke -- Sir Henry Morgan, the King's pirate.

Summary:

A collection of stories about pirates, their hardships and brutality, including pirate captains and those determined to capture them.

ISBN:

9780794508753 (pbk.)
0794508758 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57673940

Locations:

EPPA725 -- Ashton Public Library (Ashton)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)