Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Holbrook, Richard

 
9781440047862: Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers Marooners of the Spanish Main

Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil Of Howard Pyle.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers Marooners of the Spanish Main

Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil Of Howard Pyle.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Frontispiece ON THE TORTUGAS Facing p. 6CAPTURE OF THE GALLEON 10 HENRY MORGAN RECRUITING FOE THE ATTACK 14 MORGAN AT PORTO BELLO 16 THE SACKING OF PANAMA 20 MAROONED 26 BLACKBEARD BURIES His TREASURE 32 WALKING THE PLANK 36 CAPTAIN MALYOE SHOT CAPTAIN BRAND THROUGH THE HEAD ... 40 SHE WOULD SIT QUITE STILL, PERMITTING BARNABY TO GAZE .... 68 BURIED TREASURE 76 KIDD ON THE DECK OF THE ADVENTURE GALLEY 84 BURNING THE SHIP 93 WHO SHALL BE CAPTAIN? 10-i KIDD AT GARDINERS ISLAND 103 EXTORTING TRIBUTE FROM THE CITIZENS 116 PIRATES USED TOD oTHAT TO THEIR CAPTAINS Now AND THEN ...
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ISBN 10:  1726726312 ISBN 13:  9781726726313
Verlag: Independently published, 2018
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