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Pirates of The Americas
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 | historical pirates |
While the pirates, buccaneers, privateers & corsairs of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries
were often British or French or Spanish, the skull-and-crossbones lifestyle mostly took place
in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and off the eastern coast of America.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard [1680?-1718] entry at Wikipedia
Blackbeard's homepage
Blackbeard at North Carolina Maritime Museum
National Geographic Magazine article on Blackbeard
 | "Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate" [2006] by Angus Konstam Wiley 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $16.47 |
 | National Geographic's "Blackbeard: Terror at Sea" [B.B.C./National Geographic special 2006] National Geographic widescreen color DVD [7/2006] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb "Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of The Caribbean" [2006] companion book by Dan Perry Thunder's Mouth Press pb [6/2006] for $15.57 |
 | "Blackbeard: The Pirate King" [2006; for ages 9-12] 'told in verse' by J. Patrick Lewis National Geographic 11¼x9½ hardcover [5/2006] for $11.02 |
 | "Blackbeard The Pirate" [R.K.O. Dec 1952] Edward Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon to a former Blackbeard henchman and finds that Blackbeard, while governor of Jamaica, is still an active pirate, and that a seeming 'damsel in distress' aboard ship is more than meets the eye. Directed by Raoul Walsh; starring Keith Andes, Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Irene Ryan, Alan Mowbray & Richard Egan Madacy color VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Blackbeard, or The Pirate of Roanoke" [original 1847] by Benjamin Barker Dodo Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $10.99 |
Captain Kidd
Wm. Kidd [1645-1701] entry at Wikipedia
Jean & Pierre Laffite
Jean Laffite [1780?-1826?] entry at Wikipedia
Jean Laffite at Tru-TV Crime Library
essay on Jean Laffite as charming rogue
The Laffite Society [est. 1994]
thorough Jean Laffite fansite
"The Corsair: A Biographical Novel of Jean Laffite" [1955] by Madeleine Fabiola Kent
Doubleday hardcover [1955] out of print/used
Sir Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan [1635-88] entry at Wikipedia
 | "Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference To History" [1929] by John Steinbeck [1902-68]
Penguin Ltd. pb [8/2004] for $11.97 Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [11/95] for $10.78 Viking mass pb [5/93] out of print/used hardcover [1936] out of print/used |
 | "The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688" [1978] by Dudley Pope Dodd, Mead hardcover [3/78] out of print/used |
 | "Admiral Sir Henry Morgan: King of The Buccaneers" [2005] by Terry Breverton Pelican 9x6 pb [2/2005] for $10.46 |
Hannah Pritchard
 | "Hannah Pritchard: Pirate of The Revolution" [ages 9-12; 2008] by Bonnie Pryor Enslow Publrs 8½x5½ library hardcover [3/2008] for $27.93 |
John 'Calico Jack' Rackham
Jack Rackham [??-1720] entry at Wikipedia
Mary Read & Anne Bonney
Anne Bonney [1698-1782] entry at Wikipedia
Mary Read [1690-1721] entry at Wikipedia
 | "Anne Bonney: My Pirate Story" [2006] by Jeffery S. Williams, with Katherine Williams iUniverse 9x6 pb [2/2006] for $15.95 |
 | "Sisters of The Sea: Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirates of The Caribbean" [2003] by Sandra Riley Riley Hall 8¼x5 pb [1/2003] for $15.95 |
 | "Captain Mary, Buccaneer" [2000] by Jacqueline Church Simonds Beagle Bay Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2000] for $13.22 |
John Bartholomew 'Black Bart' Roberts
Bartholomew Roberts [1682-1722] entry at Wikipedia
VR's Bartholomew Roberts fansite
 | "Black Bart Roberts: The Greatest Pirate of Them All" [2004] by Terry Breverton Pelican 8½x6¼ pb [7/2004] for $10.46 |
L i n k s
Piracy entry at Wikipedia
Pirates! Fact & Legend
New England Pirate Museum
illustrated "Treasure Island" online at Fern Canyon Press
Dead Men Tell No Tales website
Pirate Soul Museum [est. January 2005] in Key West, Florida
piracy page at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich U.K.
The Golden Age of Piracy
Pirate Haven website
Pirate Weapons - the ultimate pirate store
Pirate Event website
Find Me A Pirate website
"Under The Black Flag" play by Simon Bent
The early life, adventures and pyracies of the famous Long John Silver before he lost his leg
world premiere July 2006 at the Globe Theatre in London, UK
3-ft by 5-ft skull & bones pirate flag at Amazon.com for $7.50
Pirate Film Festival Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
'Pirates of The Carribbean' Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Pirate & Maritime Art
!["Crescent Moon" by British marine painter Montague Dawson [1895-1973]](covers/MDcrescentmoonAP.jpg)
33"x27" art print available at AllPosters.com
Montague Dawson category at AllPosters.com
illustrator N.C. Wyeth category at AllPosters.com
'Pirate Cove' posters category at AllPosters.com
other maritime paintings category at AllPosters.com
Books About Pirates
 | "The Buccaneers of America" [original 1678] by Alexander O. Exquemelin; 1924 translation by Alexis Brown Dover 8½x5½ pb [2/2000] for $9.95 |
 | "The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers" [original 1837] by Marine Research Society Dover 9.4x6.3 pb [5/93] for $10.36 |
 | "The Book of Pirates" [original 1921] Written & illustrated by Howard Pyle [1853-1911] Dover 9¼x6½ pb [10/2000] for $10.62 Pavilion Press pb [6/2004] for $11.95 |
 | "Under the Black Flag: The Romance & The Reality of Life Among The Pirates" [1996] by David Cordingly Harvest Books pb [9/97] for $10.74 Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [8/96] out of print/used |
 | "Pirates, 1660-1730" [1998] by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Angus Mcbride Osprey 9¾x7¼ pb [10/98] for $12.21 |
 | "The History of Pirates" [1999] by Angus Konstam Lyons Press 10¾x8½ pb [8/2002] for $13.97 Lyons Press 12¼x9¼ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of The Carolina Coast" [2000] by Lindley S. Butler Univ NC Press 9x5¾ pb [5/2000] for $14.78 Univ NC Press 9½x6 hardcover [5/2000] for $32.50 |
 | "Confederate Corsair: The Life of Lt. Charles W. 'Savez' Read" [2000] by Robert A. Jones Stackpole Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/many used |
 | "The Pirate Ship, 1660-1730" [2003] by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Tony Bryan Osprey 9¾x6¼ pb [6/2003] for $10.85 |
 | "A History of Pirates: Blood & Thunder On The High Seas" [2004] by Nigel Cawthorne Book Sales 8x5½ hardcover [1/2004] for $7.99 |
 | "The Pirate Dictionary" [2004] by Terry Breverton Pelican 9x6½ pb [9/2004] for $10.17 |
 | "Pirates of the Carolinas" [orig 2000, rev 2005] by Terrance Zepke Pineapple Press of FL 8¾x6 2nd edition pb [9/2005] for $9.31 |
 | "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Pirates" [2006] by Gail Selinger, with W. Thomas Smith Jr. Alpha Books 9¼x7½ pb [4/2006] for $12.89 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry & Daring By The Most Infamous Pirates of All Time" [2006] Edited by Jon E. Lewis Carroll & Graf 7¾x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.74 |
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"Pirates" [2006; for ages 4-8] by John Matthews
Carlton Books Ltd. 10x9 multimedia & hardcover [4/2007] for $25.83 Atheneum 10¼x12 hardcover [5/2006] for $13.57 |
 | "Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion" [2006; for ages 9 & up] by Dugald A. Steer Candlewick Press 12x10¾ hardcover [7/2006] for $11.99 |
 | "The Republic of Pirates: Being The True & Surprising Story of The Caribbean Pirates and The Man Who Brought Them Down" [2007] by Colin Woodard Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2008 edition] for $7.96 Harvest Books pb [6/2008] for $10.89 Harcourt 9x5½ hardcover [5/2007] out of print/many used Announced 5/2012: basis for NBC-TV series "Crossbones" {see the Pirate Film Festival at Magic Lantern} |
 | "Caribbean Pirates: A Treasure Chest of Fact, Fiction & Folklore" [2007] by George Beahm, art by Tom Kirk Hampton Roads Publng 9x6 pb [5/2007] for $11.53 BT Bound library hardcover [5/2007] for $27.35 |
 | "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates" [2009] by Peter T. Leeson Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.47 |
Fiction About Pirates
"Treasure Island"
lots more "Treasure Island" stuff
(books, silent & sound features, TV movies & TV series, posters, links)
on Magic Lantern's "Treasure Island" Movies [1912-2010] Page
see also Spirit of America's Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] Page
funny pirate children's book series by Gideon Defoe
 | The Pirate Collection for Kindle [2009]
Kindle Edition from Douglas Editions [8/2009] for $1.00 {sic} 'some of the world's most beloved pirate stories, with an active table of contents': "A Pirate of The Caribbees" [1920]; "Black Bartlemy's Treasure: The Story of The Spanish Main" [1920]; "The Black Buccaneer" [1920]; "Blackbeard" [undated]; "Blackbeard: Buccaneer" [1922]; "Captain Blood: His Odyssey" [1922]; "Captain Richard Ingle" [1884]; "Captain Scraggs" [1919]; "The Great Quest: A Romance of 1826" [1921]; "The Iron Pirate" [1905]; "Kate Bonnet: The Romance of A Pirate's Daughter" [1914]; "The Lady and The Pirate: Being The Plain Tale of A Diligent Pirate and A Fair Captive" [1913]; "The Mutiny and The Bounty" [1894?]; "Peak's Island: A Romance of Buccaneer Days" [1892]; and "Treasure Island" [1883 novel] by Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] |
Pirate Movies
"Pirates of The Caribbean" Page
at the Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Pirate Film Festival Page
at the Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"Treasure Island" Movies [1912-2010] Page
at the Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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