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  • ISBN:
    0486404889
  • ISBN-13:
    9780486404882
  • PUB. DATE:
    January 1999
  • PUBLISHER:
    Dover Publications
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General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe, Defoe, Manuel Schonhorn (Editor)

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A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyratesby Joel_M

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Daniel Defoe (or whoever the author is...the book is pseudonymous) reports, embellishes, and occasionally invents the lives of 35 of the most notorious pirates from the "golden age of piracy" in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The entertainment value and coherence of the stories varies throughout the book. Some are described vividly with a lot of attention to detail, some read like...

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General History of the Pyrates

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  • Pub. Date: January 1999
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Sales Rank: 229,346

Synopsis

Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.

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Despite varying titles, these are essentially the same book. Published in 1724, Defoe's chronicle of the scourges of the sea was a smashing success, finding a wide audience eager for tales of those cutthroat sailors who flew the skull and crossbones. The Dover edition is more scholarly, including several essays on Defoe, indexes (ships, names, and places), photos, and a postscript. If you don't need any of that, save a couple of bucks and go with the Carroll & Graf edition. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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