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Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea (A Worldwide Illustrated History) (U)

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SKU:
154092
UPC:
9781572152649
MPN:
1572152648
Condition:
Used
Weight:
48.80 Ounces
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Calculated at Checkout

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Author Last Name, Author First Name, Pages, Binding, ISBN 10, ISBN 13, Condition, Publisher, Date Published, Genre,

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Author Last Name:
Cordingly
Author First Name:
David
Pages:
260
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
1572152648
ISBN 13:
9781572152649
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
MISC. ACCOUNT
Date Published:
12/31/1999
Genre:
History

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The popular image of pirates today-the combined effect of three centuries of books, plays, operas, films, cartoons, and children's games-is extraordinarily powerful.Pirates have become the mythical equivalent of giants, vampires, wizards, or witches, and they no longer seem quite real. Yet they definitely were real-as this first comprehensive, worldwide historical survey makes abundantly clear-and considerably more frightening historically than Long John Silver or Captain Hook. The barnacled sea dogs featured in this fascinating volume well deserved their reputations for bravery, hard drinking, avarica, foul language-and casual violence and cruelty.