Bibliograph

True stories of pirates, Lucy Lethbridge

Type

Label

True stories of pirates, Lucy Lethbridge

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

True stories of pirates

Oclc number

57673940

Responsibility statement

Lucy Lethbridge

Summary

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Pirates

Classification