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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750
by Marcus Rediker.

This unsparing account of the eighteenth-century maritime world reconstructs the often social and cultural milieu of Anglo-American seafaring and piracy, following sailors and their ships from their trade routes into rowdy waterfront ports.

Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd). ISBN: 0521457203. Paperback Reissue edition (September 1993). Usually ships within 24 hours.

Blackbeard: A Tale of Villainy and Murder in Colonial America
by Margaret Hoffman.

In her page-turning narrative based on a true story, Margaret Hoffman spins a tale of political intrigue, villainy, and romance. Her infamous pirate emerges as a man of considerable charm and gallantry who not only becomes the confidante of the governor of North Carolina, but also wins the heart of a beautiful, young heiress. Legends and myths about Blackbeard continue three centuries after his death, but the true story is the most incredible of all.

Summerhouse Pr. ISBN: 1887714316. Hardcover. November 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours

Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
by Nancy Roberts.

The stories of several pirates of history, told in a lively, readable manner.

John F Blair Pub. ISBN: 0895870983. Hardcover. 204 pages. April 1993. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Black Ship (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
by Dudley Pope. Introduction by Christopher McKee.

Pope's naval histories are renowned for the way they share the riveting, evocative character of his novels. This is abundantly true of this masterly work, nonfiction that reads like a thriller. In a true story evocative of Mutiny on the Bounty, Pope recounts one of the most brutal episodes in British Naval history, the bloody mutiny aboard H.M.S. Hermione, and the Royal Navy's daring recapture of the same ship.

Henry Holt & Company, Inc. ISBN: 080505832X. Hardcover. 412 pages. June 1998. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Bold in Her Breeches : Women Pirates Across the Ages
Edited by Jo Stanley.

Good information on women sailors including Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonney and Mary Read. The author speculates at some length on the sexual orientation of these women, based partly on the fact that most of them dressed like men.

Rivers Oram Pr. ISBN: 0044409702. Paperback. 304 pages. January 1999. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner: A Sea Atlas and Sailing Directions of the Pacific Coast of the Americas, 1682
By Basil Ringrose. Edited by Derek Howse and Norman J.W. Thrower.

Univ California Press. ISBN: 0520054105. Hardcover. September 1992. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Buccaneers of America
by John Esquemeling.

A piratical classic! This is a current printing of the English-language edition of the famous first-person narrative that forms the basis of much of our present-day knowledge of classic piracy.

Corner House Pub. ISBN: 0879280719. Hardcover. June 1976. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini.

Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman, turned pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels who were fighting the oppressive King James, Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation of buccaneers. No ship sailing the Spanish Main is safe from Blood and his companions! The Robin Hood-like figure of Blood, a gentleman rogue homeless but for the surging decks of a pirate ship, makes for a classic hero.

Buccaneer Books. ISBN: 0899685463. Library Binding. January 1996. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Captain Blood (Classics of Nautical Fiction Series)
by Rafael Sabatini.

The title is immediately recognizable as the basis for Muchael Curtiz's 1935 film starring Errol Flynn. At the time of its 1922 debut, however, the book was a smash hit and was followed up with additional adventures of swashbuckler Peter Blood in numerous sequels. The most affordable edition currently available of this salty dose of high-seas adventure.

McBooks Pr. ISBN: 0935526455. Paperback. 288 pages. March 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Captain Blood: His Odyssey (Gateway Movie Classics)
by Rafael Sabatini.

Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman, turned pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels who were fighting the oppressive King James, Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation of buccaneers. No ship sailing the Spanish Main is safe from Blood and his companions! The Robin Hood-like figure of Blood, a gentleman-rogue homeless but for the surging decks of a pirate ship, makes for a classic hero.

Regnery Publishing Inc. ISBN: 0895263793. Paperback. 304 pages. August 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates
by Robert C. Ritchie.

The true story of the man who set out to destroy piracy, and wound up hanged as the most vilified pirate of all.

Harvard Univ Pr. ISBN: 0674095022. Paperback Reprint edition (March 1989). Usually ships within 24 hours.

Captured by Pirates: 22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder & Mayhem on the High Seas
Edited by John R. Stephens.

Marooning! Heated battles! Desperate knife fights! Hideous torture! Senseless slaughter! Tons of treasure! This exciting book contains 22 true tales of terror recounted by men and women who unexpectedly found themselves helpless victims on the open seas with death staring them straight in the eye.

Fern Canyon Press. ISBN: 0965464652. Paperback. November 1996. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference to History
by John Steinbeck.

It is very interesting to watch an author evolve. In this book, we have the chance to see Steinbeck "in the rough". This first published work of Steinbeck gives the reader the chance to see how a good author becomes a great author.

Penguin USA. ISBN: 014018743X. Paperback. November 1995. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Early Spanish Main
by Carl Ortwin Sauer.

Univ California Press. ISBN: 0520011252. Hardcover. June 1992. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

The Early Spanish Main
by Carl Ortwin Sauer.

Univ California Press. ISBN: 0520014154. Paperback. March 1992. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Errol Flynn: The Movie Posters
by Lawrence Bassoff and Stewart Granger.

Lawrence Bassoff Collection. ISBN: 1886310106. Paperback. 168 pages July 1995. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Expedition Whydah
by Barry Clifford and Paul Perry.

Obsessed by a boyhood dream of pirate treasure, Barry Clifford launched a search for the pirate ship Whydah, said to have been wrecked on the coast of Cape Cod. But the successful conclusion of his quest is only the beginning. Effortlessly weaving Black Sam Bellamy's history with his own story, Clifford tells a tale of pursuit and perseverance, showing our inseparable link to the stories of our childhood as well as our connection to the historic past.

Cliff Street Books. ISBN: 0060192321. Hardcover. 288 pages. April 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
by Daniel Defoe (Charles Johnson). Introduction by Richard West.

Defoe's authorship of this classic of pirate lore is in question. However, the vivid prose and graphic accounts not only were mainly responsible for the posthumous reputations of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, but also have inspired fictional pirates, from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Errol Flynn's movies.

Publishers' Group West. ISBN: 0786706228. Paperback. 512 pages. June 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

A General History of the Pirates
by Captain Charles Johnson. Introduction by David Cordingly.

A piratical classic! It's from this near-contemporary account that we derive about half of our knowledge of Carribbean piracy. A must-have for anyone with a serious interest in pirates.

The Lyons Press. ISBN: 1558217665. Hardcover. 368 pages. Reprint edition (September 1998). Usually ships within 24 hours.

In a Pirate's Arms
by Mary Kingsley.

When the ship that is transporting Rebecca Talbot and her sister to England is captured by the notorious high-seas pirate known as the Raven, Rebecca offers to become the rogue's mistress in exchange for her sister's safe passage. Reluctantly, he agrees, never dreaming that Rebecca has already claimed the bounty on his heart.

Topaz. ISBN: 0451406443. Paperback. March 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Infamous Pirates (Costume, Tradition & Culture)
by Richard Kozar

Chelsea House Pub. ISBN: 079105165X. Library Binding. 64 pages. January 1999. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Island Bride (Trade Winds no. 3)
by Linda L. Chaikin.

Award-winning novelist Linda Chaikin brings her series to a rousing conclusion in the fast-paced trilogy with a grand finale complete with sword fighting, sea battles, and the quest for silver.

Harvest House Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 0736900047. Paperback. 260 pages. January 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Jamaican Sunset (The Buccaneers no. 3)
by Linda L. Chaikin.

Join Emerald and Baret as they sail the high seas in search of treasure and true love in "Jamaican Sunset". Filled with rich pieces of Christian history, "Jamaican Sunset" is the third title in the Buccaneers Series. Those fiction fans new to the story line will be enthralled with this historic romance of pirates and lost treasure from start to finish.

Moody Press. ISBN: 0802410731. Paperback. December 1997. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Jean Laffite: Prince of Pirates
by Jack C. Ramsay.

A biography of one of the Gulf of Mexico's most famous pirates.

Eakin Publications. ISBN: 1571680292. Hardcover. 209 pages. October 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Journey to the Crimson Sea (Treasures of the Caribbean)
by Jim Kraus and Terri Kraus.

Vicar Thomas Mayhew is a pastor without a church. While he was captured by pirates and presumed dead his posting was filled. But while serving a small informal congregation, he meets and courts the woman who has won his heart.

Tyndale House Pub. ISBN: 0842303839. Paperback. 475 pages. September 1997. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Legends of Pirate Gold
by Charles A. Mills, Roy N. Mills.

This book will make that seashore vacation a new adventure! Information on over 100 legends. Detailed descriptions of areas where treasures are thought to be buried. Most of the sites are in the U.S., although some of the famous "treasure islands" are included.

Apple Cheeks Press. ISBN: 0945598033. Paperback. 92 pages. June 1986. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Letter of Marque
by Patrick O'Brian. Photographer: Geoff Hunt.

Steeped in exquisite period detail, breathtaking prose, and bold adventure, this story continues the saga of Jack Aubrey, brilliant yet disgraced officer, and Stephan Maturin, ship's surgeon and British intelligence operator. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.

W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 0393028747. Hardcover. 284 pages. November 1994. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (World's Classics)
by Daniel Defoe. Introduction by Penelope Wilson. Edited by Shiv K. Kumar.

One of the classics of pirate literature, by one of the best-selling authors of all time.

Oxford Univ Pr (Trade). ISBN: 0192822004. Paperback. 285 pages. Reprint edition (June 1990). Usually ships within 24 hours.

My Wicked Wicked Ways
by Errol Flynn.

This autobiographical account of the life of the flamboyant bon vivant, actor Errol Flynn makes the old addage, "Truth is stranger than fiction", an understatement. The life of this quintessential soldier of fortune as told in his own understated renderings of prose is a virtual buffet from which men of more restricted conventions can feast as they cruise vicariously upon Flynn's yacht through the steamy rivers of his life.

Buccaneer Books. ISBN: 0899660932. Hardcover. June 1978.

Newton Forster, or the Merchant Service (Classics of Nautical Fiction Series)
by Frederick Marryat.

A thrill a chapter — murder, insanity, press gangs, prisons, pirates, treachery, and romance! Marryat's non-stop action and wry wit combine to create an immensely entertaining blend of sea story and farce. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a unique literary figure who rose to the command of his own British Royal Navy ship before retiring to write stories based on his adventures. Marryat is read today for the absolute authenticity of his works as well as for their wit and humor.

McBooks Pr. ISBN: 0935526447. Paperback. 352 pages. March 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Passages of Gold (Treasures of the Caribbean no. 2)
by Jim Kraus and Terri Kraus.

This historical novel is set on the island of Barbados and features romance, treachery, piracy, and gold. Honor and courage are summoned in the quest to save treasure and reputation.

Tyndale House Pub. ISBN: 0842303820. Paperback. 500 pages. March 1997. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Passage to Mutiny
by Alexander Kent.

Buccaneer Books. ISBN: 1568490291. Hardcover. May 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Patterns of Pillage: A Geography of Caribbean-Based Piracy in Spanish America, 1536-1718
by Peter R. Galvin.

This volume offers a fresh, geographical perspective on the story of piracy in and around the Caribbean. It focuses on places associated with the sea rovers of Spanish America: routes, targets, hideaways, rendezvous, and island strongholds. Why did pirates haunt particular places? How did their spatial strategies develop and change over the centuries? Much of the explanation lies in geographic factors such as winds, ocean currents, coastal features, maritime bottlenecks, historical geopolitics, merchant traffic flow, and the distribution of natural resources. All contributed to patterns of piracy that connected the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, Cape Horn, and beyond.

Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN: 0820437719. Hardcover. December 1998. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Percival Keene (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
by Frederick Marryat.

A low-born seaman undertakes mission to discover and claim his true parentage and identity. He endures battles both great and small, a stint on board a pirate ship, a stormy romance, and near-execution at the hands of Napoleon himself. A page-turning nautical yarn with brilliant historical re-creations of life and war at sea. Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a sailor and fighting captain in the Royal Navy.

Owl Books. ISBN: 0805061398. Paperback. 416 pages. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Peter Pan Chronicles: The Nearly 100 Year History of "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"
by Bruce K. Hanson.

Hanson has pored over stage realizations of J. M. Barrie's children's fantasy from the first of Barrie's own adaptations to the Mary Martin. In each chapter, he focuses on the actress who played Peter Pan in a particular staging. Most interesting are the notes on how the story first developed and how it evolved with each new performance: for years, Barrie actually rewrote scenes, altered character parts, and made significant changes for each new star.

Birch Lane Pr. ISBN: 155972160X. Hardcover. 288 pages. June 1993. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750
by Kris E. Lane and Robert M. Levine.

This book's thesis regarding piracy in American waters is that by and large piracy in the Caribbean had its roots in the response of the rest of Europe to Spanish and Portuguese imperial designs on the New World. The first Caribbean pirates were, in fact, French Huguenots, English "privateers" (the latter ostensibly acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth), and Dutch sea-rovers, staunch Protestants all, who were particularly ill-disposed toward the Catholicism of the Iberian thrones. Yet our highly colored picture of the pirates and their crews derived more from the final and briefest cycle of piracy in the New World; in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, just prior to the beginning of the 18th century, a new breed of buccaneer emerged, robbing from Spanish, English, French, or anyone else's shipping without discrimination. The most valuable contribution of this book is to put these most famous marauders into a larger historical context and to point out how brief their reign of seagoing terror really was.

M.E. Sharpe. ISBN: 0765602571. Paperback. 216 pages. July 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Piracy in the Ancient World: An Essay in Mediterranean History
by Henry Arderne Ormerod.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. ISBN: 0801855055. Paperback. September 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirate
by Connie Mason.

Bliss Grenville and Guy DeYoung would have been eternally happy together had it not been for Bliss's overprotective father and her overzealous fiancé. Money and greed drive the wheel that crushes newlywed happiness. The scars on Guy's heart bind him to his hatred like a vengeful angel. His only purpose in life is to destroy the men who put him in prison. His greatest desire is to punish the woman he once loved for her cold and conniving participation in the plot against him. With his new identity as Hunter the pirate, he can avenge his own pretended death and bring down all who were part of this sinister plot. But — are things really as they seem?

Leisure Books. ISBN: 0843944560. Paperback. 400 pages. December 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirate and His Lady (The Buccaneers No. 2)
by Linda L. Chaikin.

Emerald Harwick finds herself caught in two skirmishes: a brutal pirate war over buried treasure, and a tumutuous battle for the heart of the man she loves. An intriguing romance.

Moody Press. ISBN: 0802410723. Paperback. 380 pages. January 1997. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

The Pirate and the Pagan
by Virginia Henley.

A penniless lady marries a lord to save her impoverished estate. When her husband realizes the truth, he casts her into the arms of his brother, a notorious pirate.

Dell Books. ISBN: 0440206235. Paperback. December 1990. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirate Lord
by Sabrina Jeffries.

Pirate captain Gideon Horn and his men are ready to settle down on their secret island paradise, so the "Chastity", a ship full of women, seems heaven sent! But Sara Willis goes toe-to-toe with the handsome captain, demanding proper huts to live in, month-long courtships, and the women's right to choose their prospective mates. The handsome captain trades concessions for kisses — and with such temptation, it's not long before Sara loses sight of her vow never to become a pirate's bride!

Avon. ISBN: 038079747X. Paperback. 372 pages. April 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

A Pirate of Her Own
by Kinley MacGregor.

An old-fashioned swashbuckler filled with romance, adventure, bawdy scenes and enough chills and thrills to keep you burning the midnight oil. An exciting tale, beautifully told.

Harper. ISBN: 0061087114. Paperback. 307 pages. April 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Pirate of My Heart
by Donna Valentino.

Betrothed to a man she has never met, a young woman believes that true love is never meant for her — until a dashing smuggler sentenced to die is taken aboard her ship. Convinced of his innocence, she realizes that the only way to save his life is to help him gain his freedom. As their passion grows, she must now escape her arranged marriage to fulfill her future with the sensual pirate who has stolen her heart.

Topaz. ISBN: 0451408233. Paperback. January 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirate Prince
by Gaelen Foley.

When Allegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar's sworn enemy, throws herself on his mercy, the pirate prince Lazar di Fiori agrees to spare the lives of her family if she sails away with him. Alone at sea with this man, Allegra realizes it will take more than her growing love for this pirate prince to bring peace to her beloved home — for Lazar must face the demons of his shattered past.

Fawcett Books. ISBN: 0449002470. Paperback. September 1998. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirates
by David Cordingly and John Falconer.

Artabras. ISBN: 1558594051. Paperback (May 1993). Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirates 1660-1730 (Osprey Military Elite Series no. 67)
by Angus Konstam.

Osprey Pub Co. ISBN: 1855327066. Paperback. 64 pages. December 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Pirates & Patriots of the Revolution
by C. Keith Wilbur.

Terrific historical references, accurate and well done sketches, and more provide a thorough review of the maritime side of the revolution here in the colonies. Everything from ship types, rigging, gear, weapons (personal and shipboard), maneuvering, signals, "recruiting", berthing, and more are stuffed into this paperback.

Globe Pequot Pr. ISBN: 0871068664. Paperback. 95 pages. Reprint edition (March 1994). Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirates: Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the World's Most Infamous Buccaneers
by Charles Ellms.

Reprint of The Pirates Own Book, a 19th century compilation of contemporary stories about pirates. Much of our basic knowledge about pirates is from this source. An enduring classic of piratical lore.

Grammercy. ISBN: 0517182513. Hardcover. December 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirates! Brigands, Buccaneers and Privateers in Fact, Fiction and Legend
by Jan Rogozinski.

Explores the rich mythology that has developed since the demise of pirates, and examines their image as pop culture icons. From pirate slang to fictionalized buccaneering to listings of the richest booty ever captured, this book is an authoritative and invaluable reference work for students, researchers, and general readers alike!

Facts on File, Inc. ISBN: 0816027617. Hardcover. 398 pages. May 1995. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirates of the Heart (Treasures of the Caribbean No. 1)
by Jim and Terri Kraus.

William, a privateer wronged by nobility throughout his childhood, sees his chance for revenge on the upper class when he has an opportunity to raid an English ship carrying Kathryne, whom he believes to be a spoiled young noblewoman.

Tyndale House Pub. ISBN: 0842303812. Paperback. 600 pages. September 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730
by George Francis Dow. John Henry Edmonds, contributor.

A piratical classic, one no true aficionado should be without.

Dover Pubns. ISBN: 0486290646. Paperback. 394 pages. May 1996. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirates of Penzance, or the Slave of Duty
by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.

Complete libretto of the famous Gilbert & Sullivan opera.

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. ISBN: 0881887269. Paperback. June 1986. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807
by Donald G. Shomette.

Tidewater Pub. ISBN: 0870333437. Hardcover. 352 pages. 1st edition (October 1988). Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers
by Charles Ellms.

A piratical classic! Originally published in an extremely rare 1837 volume, these delightfully melodramatic yet true stories of the diabolical desperadoes who plundered the ships of the high seas detail the lives, atrocities, and exploits of such infamous pirates as Blackbeard, Lafitte, Kidd, Low, and Bonney. 77 line illustrations.

Dover Pubs. ISBN: 0486276074. Paperback. 469 pages. Reprint edition (July 1993). Usually ships within 24 hours.

A Pirate's Pleasure
by Heather Graham.

Dell Pub Co. ISBN: 0440202361. Paperback. July 1989. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Porto Bello Gold (Classics of Nautical Fiction Series)
by Arthur D. Howden Smith.

This story takes place a few years prior to Treasure Island and tells how Captain Flint and Murray raided the Spanish gold galleon and buried their ill-gotten treasure on Dead Man's Chest. A good old-fashioned pirate story, a tale of tall ships and lawless men on the Spanish Main.

McBooks Pr. ISBN: 0935526579. Paperback. 320 pages. April 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Port Royal (The Buccaneers no. 1)
by Linda L. Chaikin.

The scene is Jamaica in the 1700s — a world of smuggling, slaves, and sugar plantations. A British viscount turned pirate meets a woman with a noble cause. Romance, adventure, and Christian history are interspersed in this exciting series.

Moody Press. ISBN: 0802410715. Paperback. October 1995. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

The Privateer: A Pirate for the Queen
by R. C. Andersen.

Queen Elizabeth's young cousin is kidnapped; abducted from her ship as she is sailing home to be married. The race to recover Her Ladyship and England's honor is led by the notorious captain and crew of the privateer Bernadette. The most capable Captain Maxwell and his infamous horde might indeed rescue the royal hostage, but for what price? At what cost?

Spring Publishing. ISBN: 0966694600. Hardcover. 189 pages. April 1999. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Pussy, King of the Pirates
by Kathy Acker.

A reinterpretation of Treasure Island is told from a girl's perspective, placing such colorful characters as O, Ange, Lulu, Pussycat, and Antigone on a wild adventure from an Alexandrian whorehouse to Pirate Island.

Grove/Atlantic. ISBN: 080213484X. Paperback. 288 pages. January 1997. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Pyrates
by George MacDonald Fraser.

Delightful pirate tale with all the trimmings. A wonderful yarn with every pirate image, trope, name, idiom, and stereotype from every pirate book, play and movie. While in many hands such an over-the-top concept would prove dull and predictable, Fraser manages to keep it moving by taking absolutely none of it seriously.

Trafalgar Square. ISBN: 0006470173. Paperback Reissue edition. July 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Shipwrecks, Pirates & Privateers: Sunken Treasures of the Upper South Carolina Coast, 1521-1865
by Edward L. Spence.

All of the copies that are furnished to Amazon.com/Salty Jack's are autographed by the author, who is internationally known for his many shipwreck discoveries. His work has been written up in over a thousand periodicals world wide. He is also the senior editor for Wreck Diver magazine, has authored over 30 books on shipwrecks, and has long been considered one of the founding fathers of underwater archeology.

Narwhal Pr Inc. ISBN: 1886391076. Paperback. 160 pages. February 1996. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate
by Harry Kelsey.

Francis Drake roamed the world under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. He enriched her coffers by attacking Spanish merchant ships in the Caribbean, raiding ports, looting churches, and taking a cut of the slave trade — the acts not of a military man, Harry Kelsey argues, but of a pirate, and of a cowardly one at that as he was given to fleeing at the first sign of danger, leaving his men behind. Even so, for his services Elizabeth awarded Drake a knighthood and a degree of immunity until he failed to appear at his post during a naval engagement against ships of the Spanish armada. He then lost the queen's favor and disappeared from history's stage.

Yale Univ Pr. ISBN: 0300071825. Hardcover. 592 pages. September 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

The Sea Hawk (Gateway Movie Classics)
by Rafael Sabatini.

An English gentleman from the Cornish coast becomes a Barbary corsair in The Sea Hawk. The swashbuckling novel was filmed twice, most famously as an opulent 1940 spectacular with Errol Flynn as Captain Geoffrey Thorpe.

Regnery Publishing Inc. ISBN: 0895263785. Paperback. 304 pages. August 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Terror at Sea: True Tales of Shipwrecks, Cannibalism, Pirates, Fire at Sea, and Other Dire Disasters in the 18th & 19th Centuries
by Barbara Darrah Smith.

Provincial Press. ISBN: 0931675049. Paperback. June 1995. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers
by Albert Marrin.

Henry Morgan was a leader of thieves, a prince among a group of outcasts, desperadoes, and failed gentlemen known as buccaneers. Though movies and novels have romanticized them, the buccaneers were in fact a ruthless group who got their way by brutal means. Their motives were pure self-interest, yet they operated with the permission of certain European nations in order to break the Spanish monopoly in the West Indies. Vividly outlining the political and economic circumstances that allowed the buccaneers to flourish, and freshly evoking both life at sea and life in the colonies in the seventeenth century, Albert Marrin shows how Henry Morgan was a particular response to forces that are still with us.

Dutton Books. ISBN: 0525459421. Hardcover. 224 pages. December 1998. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Tom Cringle's Log (Classics of Nautical Fiction Series)
by Michael Scott.

At thirteen, Tom enters the Royal Navy as a midshipman. He is soon transferred to the exotic Caribbean, where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave running are the order of the day. Author Michael Scott (1789-1835) spent much of his life in the West Indies during one of the most dynamic periods in British colonial history. His knowledge of Caribbean pirates was first-hand.

McBooks Pr. ISBN: 093552651X. Paperback. 384 pages. October 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Treasure Islands: The Fascinating World of Pirates, Buried Treasure, and Fortune Hunters
by Cameron Platt and John Wright.

Who hasn't dreamed of uncovering buried treasure on a distant island? Here are the true stories of 11 teasure islands worldwide, each full of real-life adventure.

Fulcrum Pub. ISBN: 1555911900. Paperback. 217 pages. April 1995. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by David Cordingly.

Though literature, films, and folklore have romanticized pirates as gallant seaman who hunted for treasure in exotic locales, David Cordingly, a former curator at the National Maritime Museum in England, reveals the facts behind the legends of such outlaws as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Calico Jack.

Harcourt Brace. ISBN: 0156005492. Paperback. 320 pages. Reprint edition (September 1997). Usually ships within 24 hours.

Walking the Plank: A True Adventure Among Pirates
by Stephen Kiesling.

Nordic Knight Press. ISBN: 0963846159. Paperback. 259 pages. September 1994.

Walt Disney's Peter Pan (The Sketchbook Series No. 5)
by Frank Thomas.

The author, who has published extensively about Disney animated films, is a retired animator who actually worked on Peter Pan.

Applewood Books. ISBN: 1557093458. Hardcover. 112 pages. Limited edition. September 1998. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

The Wing-And-Wing or Le Feu-Folet: A Tale (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
by James Fenimore Cooper. Introduction by Thomas Philbrick.

The year is 1799. Admiral Caraccioli is about to be executed on Lord Nelson's flagship. Young and in love with Carracioli's daughter, the spirited French privateer Raoul Yvard and his wily American sailing master Ithuel Bolt harass the British fleet. Yvard is captured but cunningly escapes, setting up a showdown at sea. Originally published in 1846, The Wing-and-Wing is a captivating novel of seafaring adventure, romance, and Napoleonic history, from the masterful author of The Leatherstocking Tales.

Owl Books. ISBN: 0805055681. Paperback. 470 pages. October 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Women Pirates, And the Politics of the Jolly Roger
by Ulrike Klausmann, Marion Meinzerin, Gabriel Kuhn, Tyler Austin, Ulrike Klausman, and Marion Mainzerin.

Metaphors of mysterious and destructive femininity may have perennially been assigned to the sea and its dangers, but the real women who sailed on ships steered them, sank with them, commanded them, even commandeered them have been ignored by a history written by and for patriarchal men. Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger is an account of piracy through three millennia, in histories of women and men sailing on four seas: the Chinese Straits, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean.

Black Rose Books Ltd. ISBN: 1551640597. Hardcover. 245 pages. September 1997. Usually ships within 2-3 days.

Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger
by Ulrike Klausmann, Marion Meinzerin, Gabriel Kuhn, Tyler Austin, Ulrike Kalusman, Marion Mainzerin.

Black Rose Books Ltd. ISBN: 1551640589. Paperback. 245 pages. June 1997. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Women Pirates: Eight Stories of Adventure
by Myra Weatherly.

These tales of women pirates show that the "gentle sex" could be dastardly, too. In a somewhat dry tone, Weatherly recounts what's known about these feminine scourges of the sea, most of whom dressed as men to carry out their dirty deeds. Included are Alfhild, the fierce Viking warrior, who plundered the Danish coast, and Grace O'Malley, a pirate who met and was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth I. Mary Read and Anne Bonny met each other while both were posing as men, and both just missed the noose because of pregnancy. Even as late as the early 1800s the China seas were plagued by Cheng I Sao, who married into a family of pirates and became one herself.

Morgan Reynolds. ISBN: 1883846242. Hardcover. April 1998. Usually ships within 24 hours.

Yo Ho! Yo Ho! (Voyages)
by Peter Durkin. Illustrated by Yen Lau and Virginia Ferguson.

Two pirates experience changing fortunes before settling into retirement. Suitable for choral reading.

Sra. ISBN: 0383039630. Paperback prepack edition. April 1994. Usually ships within 2-3 days.