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Piracy & plunder : a murderous business / Milton Meltzer ; illustrated by Bruce Waldman.

Piracy and plunder (other title)
Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009 (Author). Waldman, Bruce, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Surveys the history of pirates, why and how they became thieves and killers, the lives they led on sea and on land, the harm they did, and the fates they suffered.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525458573
  • ISBN: 9780525458579
  • Physical Description: ix, 86 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2001]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 82) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A Plague of Pirates 3 -- Createst Haul 3 -- Homer's Pirate: Odysseus 5 -- A Thousand Ships 8 -- A Fleet of Ruthless Pagans 12 -- Privateers--or Pirates? 16 -- Drake: Official Pirate 17 -- A Cozy Connection 22 -- Blackbeard 23 -- Speed, Surprise, Terror 26 -- Who Pirates Were 29 -- Life Aboard Ship 34 -- A Democracy of Thieves 37 -- A Code of Conduct 39 -- Tactic of Terror 41 -- Marooning 43 -- Honorable Sir Henry Morgan 45 -- Captain Subatol Deal 49 -- A Private Republic 50 -- Pirate Queen 53 -- They Dressed Like Men 55 -- On the Barbary Coast 61 -- People: The Richest Prize 65 -- In the World Today 71 -- Buried Treasure 75 -- Figures of Romance 79.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.2 4 54171.
Subject:
Hijacking of ships > Juvenile literature.
Pillage > Juvenile literature.
Pirates.
Pirates > Juvenile literature.

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  • 13 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library J910.4 MEL (Text) 36015000594719 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -