FREESTORIES OF PIRATES EBOOK Russell Punter,Christyan Fox | 48 pages | 24 Nov 2006 | Usborne Publishing Ltd | 9780746080146 | English | London, United Kingdom The Story Pirates Present by Story Pirates - Penguin Books Australia We've all seen the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, gone on the ride at Disneyland Stories of Pirates dressed like a pirate for Halloween. Therefore, we know all about pirates, right? They were jolly fellows who had pet parrots and went looking for adventure, saying funny things like "Avast ye, scurvy dog! The real pirates of the Caribbean were violent, desperate thieves who thought nothing of murder, torture, and mayhem. Meet some of the men and women behind the infamous legends. Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was by far the most famous pirate of his generation, if not the most successful. He was famous for putting lit fuses into his hair and beard, which gave off smoke and made him look like a demon in battle. Stories of Pirates terrorized Atlantic shipping from to before he was killed in battle with pirate hunters in November of He was at first a reluctant pirate and had to be forced to join the crew, but he quickly earned the respect of his shipmates and was made captain, Stories of Pirates saying that if he must be a pirate, it was better "being a commander than a common man. Henry Avery Stories of Pirates the inspiration for a whole generation of pirates. He mutinied Stories of Pirates board a ship of Englishmen fighting for Spain, went pirate, sailed halfway around the world and then made one of the biggest scores ever: the treasure ship of the Grand Mughal of India. The infamous Captain Kidd started out as a pirate hunter, not a pirate. He sailed from England in with orders to attack pirates and the French wherever he could find them. He soon had to give in to pressure from his crew to commit acts of piracy. He returned to Stories of Pirates his name and was instead jailed and eventually hanged — some say because his secret financial backers wished to remain hidden. Depending on who you ask, the famous Captain Stories of Pirates wasn't a pirate at all. To the English, he was a privateer and a hero, a charismatic captain who had orders to attack the Spanish wherever and whenever he wished. If you ask the Spanish, however, he was most definitely a pirate and corsair. With the help of the famous buccaneers, he launched three raids from to along the Spanish main, sacking Spanish ports and ships and making himself wealthy and famous. Jack Rackham was Stories of Pirates for his personal flair - the bright clothes he wore gave him the name "Calico Jack" — and the fact that he had not one, but TWO female pirates serving on board his ship: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. He was captured, tried and hanged in Anne Bonny was the lover of Captain Jack Rackham, and one of his best pirates. Bonny could fight, cuss and work a ship as well as any of the male pirates under Rackham's command. When Rackham was captured and sentenced to death, she allegedly said to him "If you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog. At her trial, she declared that she was pregnant and although this spared her a trip to the noose she died in prison. Howell Davis was a clever pirate who preferred stealth and trickery to combat. He was also responsible for launching the piracy career of "Black Bart" Roberts. Charles Vane was a Stories of Pirates unrepentant pirate who repeatedly Stories of Pirates royal amnesties or accepted them and returned to a life of piracy anyway and had little regard for authority. He once even Stories of Pirates on a Royal Navy frigate sent to re-take Nassau from the pirates. According to an old legend, he became a pirate when he could not have the woman he loved. Share Flipboard Email. Christopher Minster. Professor of History and Literature. 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