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Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Howard Pyle
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Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main
Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main
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It has never been denied, that ever I heard, that up to the time of Captain Brand's being commissioned against the South Sea pirates he had always been esteemed as honest, reputable a sea captain as could be.
When he started out upon that adventure it was with a ship,[40] the Royal Sovereign, fitted out by some of the most decent merchants of New York. The governor himself had subscribed to the adventure, and had himself signed Captain Brand's commission. So, if the unfortunate man went astray, he must have had great temptation to do so, many oth. . . Read More
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I experienced this via the audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham on Spotify; briefly read the written portion just for the parts regarding Blackbeard. Despite being about a topic I absolutely love, I found myself extremely bored by this book. I'm not sure if it was due to the dry, semi-monotone of the
This was a fun listen!
I think Pyle envisioned this as a "Come for the pictures, stay for the prose" book. The best part is the nonfictional history of the 1600s buccaneers, but even then, the prose retains the pompous tone and the pro-colonial values (read: Imperial worshiping, puritanical, racist as fuck, and the same t
This collection of popular pirate stories, which mostly centre around brave non-pirates who crossed paths with an infamous pirate and lived to tell the tale, were refreshing to read. However, they are very romanticised stories focusing on the more adventurous side of piracy than the true aspect of i
The greatest strength of this book is its fantastic and incredibly well written introduction, followed by great high-seas adventure full of pirate history and not Disney fantasy.
Historical stories of well known pirates such as Captain Henry Morgan, Captain Edward Teach, aka the infamous Black Beard,
What really stood out were the absolutely stunning and beautiful illustrations throughout the book. Looking at them you could smell the rum, fish and cannon powder and hear the ocean and gun shots.
If you liked Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, then you will enjoy this book. It's not written
The Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle is exactly that: a book about pirates. It purports to be non-fiction and doubtless much of it is. But the author admits that some of the pirate lore has been embellished and/or made up along the way. Sometimes by the pirates and sometimes by the survivors. Written