The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time

by Jon E. Lewis

Book Overview

Awash with skullduggery, malice, terror, and opportunism, here are 28 first-hand memoirs and contemporary reports of the most famous pirates to sail the seven seas, including Blackbeard, Captain Kidd,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786717297
• ISBN13: 9780786717293
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Masterpiece of information

This was well written and easy to work through, a masterpiece of information, for those looking to enhance their knowledge on this subject.The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time (Mammoth Book of)

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Great pirate book! Filled with all kinds of stories and tales of lore. A must for any pirate buff!!

Swash buckling fun and full of info

Amazing book, chock full of facts from the horses mouth. Many of the tales printed are from actual journals, documents, diaries, manifests etc so its very interesting to hear first hand stories of these tales. Some of them are a little hard to follow as most of the author wrote in 3rd person but other than that its awesome.

Insightful and sometimes funny

First of all I'd like to comment on the previous review. It is clear that the reviewer stopped reading the book within the first chapter as their review is based completely on a poor chapter to begin a book. After you fight your way through that one first chapter and give the book a second chance, you won't be let down -- that is if you find history interesting in the first place. Some chapters are written by actual pirates and some are written by historians. Either way, each chapter is fun and interesting. If you want to learn about pirates, I recommend this book.