| Author |
Krull, Kathleen, author.
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| Publication |
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : Sandpiper, [2013]
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| Description |
1 online resource (96 pages) : color illustrations, color map. |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Series |
Lives of .
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Lives of ...
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| Note |
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Harcourt Children's Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2010"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 96). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A case of cold feet?: Alvilda -- Terror with red beards: the Barbarossa brothers -- Also an excellent hostess: Lady Mary Killigrew -- My grandma is a pirate: Grace O'Malley -- The dragon: Sir Francis Drake -- Worried about his reputation: Sir Henry Morgan -- I swear I am not a pirate: Captain Kidd -- The pirate who kept a diary: William Dampier -- Just plain terrifying: Blackbeard -- A red feather in his hat: Black Bart -- Breaking every rule: Mary Read and Anne Bonny -- Least likely to be a pirate: Stede Bonnet -- A ruby as big as a hen's egg: Black Sam Bellamy -- Half a century of harassment: Conajee Angria and his sons -- Not a damsel in distress: Rachel Wall -- Necklaces of severed heads: Madame Cheng -- Witty in three languages: Jean Laffite -- The Black Joke: Benito de Soto -- Not a real pirate: Long John Silver. |
| Summary |
Profiles twenty notable pirates throughout history and describes their adventures, the battles they fought, and the riches and cultural legacies they left behind. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Pirates -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Pirates. (OCoLC)fst01064776
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Other.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Geography.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Travel.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Addl. Author |
Hewitt, Kathryn, illustrator.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| Related To |
Print version: Krull, Kathleen. Lives of the pirates. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : Sandpiper, [2013] 0544104951 (OCoLC)823010600 |
| ISBN |
9780547487939 (electronic bk.) |
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0547487932 (electronic bk.) |
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