The Pirates Own Book

This edition presents a collection of authentic tales of some of the notorious buccaneers and marauders. It contains biographies, first-hand accounts, diary entries, court documents and many other sources that make up very interesting and informative history of the pirates, covering a broad spectrum from Nordic marauders in Middle Ages, through Arabian plunderers, Barbary swashbucklers and pirates of Indian Ocean, to the most famous Atlantic and Caribbean buccaneers._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ The Danish and Norman Pirates_x000D_ Adventures and Exploits of Captain Avery_x000D_ The Remarkable History of the Joassamee Pirates of the Persian Gulf_x000D_ The Barbarous Conduct and Romantic Death of the Joassamee Chief, Rahmah-Ben-Jabir_x000D_ The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico_x000D_ The Life of Captain Roberts_x000D_ The Life of Charles Gibbs_x000D_ History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates_x000D_ The Life of Benito De Soto the Pirate of the Morning Star_x000D_ The Adventures of Captain Robert Kidd_x000D_ The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America_x000D_ The Life of Captain Davis_x000D_ Authentic History of the Malay Pirates of the Indian Ocean_x000D_ The Adventures of Captain Condent_x000D_ The Life of Captain Edward Low_x000D_ Life and Adventures of Captain Edward England_x000D_ Account of the Lynn Pirates_x000D_ History of the Ladrone Pirates_x000D_ The Life of Captain Lewis_x000D_ The Life, Career and Death of Captain Thomas White_x000D_ The Life, Atrocities, and Bloody Death of Black Beard_x000D_ The Exploits, Arrest, and Execution of Captain Charles Vane_x000D_ The West India Pirates_x000D_ The Adventures and Execution of Captain John Rackam_x000D_ The Life and Exploits of Anne Bonney_x000D_ The Adventures and Heroism of Mary Read_x000D_ The Algerine Pirates_x000D_ The Adventures, Trial and Execution of Captain Gow

In the mind of the mariner, there is a superstitious horror connected with the name of Pirate; and there are few subjects that interest and excite the curiosity of mankind generally, more than the desperate exploits, foul doings, and diabolical career of these monsters in human form.

This book contains the authentic narratives of the lives, exploits and executions of the world's most infamous buccaneers including contemporary eyewitness accounts, documents, trial transcripts and letters. Charles Ellms was a reclusive author of many popular nautical books on pirates and shipwrecks.

Composed of material gathered from a variety of historical sources dating back to the mid-1700s, this extended account of piracy in ancient and modern times, and in all parts of the world, saw its first edition published in Boston in 1837. At least eight other editions of the work followed, and there was a huge demand for these tales of looted shipping and bloody adventure. Restored to print in 1924 by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts, this work is a fascinating account of the careers and exploits of pirates.

The Pirates Own Book ( Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers) is a classic pirate biography collection by Charles Ellms that contains information about various legendary pirates that includes the following exerpt: In the mind of the mariner, there is a superstitious horror connected with the name of Pirate; and there are few subjects that interest and excite the curiosity of mankind generally, more than the desperate exploits, foul doings, and diabolical career of these monsters in human form. A piratical crew is generally formed of the desperadoes and runagates of every clime and nation. The pirate, from the perilous nature of his occupation, when not cruising on the ocean, the great highway of nations, selects the most lonely isles of the sea for his retreat, or secretes himself near the shores of rivers, bays and lagoons of thickly wooded and uninhabited countries, so that if pursued he can escape to the woods and mountain glens of the interior.

"Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "