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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast (Paperback)
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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 130
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They were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a
ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were
wealthy--some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings
who first supported them, then pursued them. They were the pirates
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and they terrorized
shipping lanes and coastal villages around the world. The pirates
in this book sailed far and wide, but all made their mark on the
Atlantic coast. Some made their home there, such as the notorious
Blackbeard, who anchored his ship off Ocracoke Island and lived for
a time in Bath, North Carolina. Others put ashore just long enough
to change seafaring history, such as the rakish Calico Jack
Rackham, whose chance meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, with a
spirited redheaded girl would give the world another legendary
pirate--the beautiful Anne Bonny. Though popular culture has
created an image of a typical pirate, plying his trade with dash
and vigor beneath his skull-and-crossbones flag, in reality these
men--and women--were of character and background as varied as the
flags they flew. In this collection of pirate tales, you will meet
scions of colonial aristocrats like Rhode Island's Thomas Tew and
the dandified Stede Bonnet of Barbados; off-spring of unassuming
farm families like Pennsylvanian Rachel Wall and Massachusetts'
Charles Gibbs; and those like Edward Low of England, who escaped
lives of desperate poverty and squalor by putting to sea. What
these men and women had in common was a yearning for excitement, a
love for the seafaring life, and a taste for the wealth that piracy
could provide. Romance, danger, suspense, adventure--all this and
more awaits you on board the tall ships with the pirates of the
Atlantic coast. Join them now for a voyage you will never forget.
Nancy Roberts, a popular Southern writer and storyteller, was the
acclaimed, award-winning author of more than twenty-five books
where she blended suspense, mystery, and history with a talent for
finding true stories of the supernatural. She was aptly proclaimed
the Custodian of the Twilight Zone by Southern Living magazine, and
was frequently introduced as the First Lady of Folklore. She was a
featured speaker or teller at several locations: the North Carolina
Museum of History; Thalian Hall in Wilmington, North Carolina;
Kiawah Island Resort, South Carolina; University of Illinois at De
Kalb; and many schools and libraries throughout the Southeast. She
passed away in the fall of 2008.
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