The Pirates Own Book / Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers
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In these delightfully melodramatic accounts, originally published in an extremely rare 1837 volume, you'll find true stories of the diabolical desperadoes who plundered ships on the high seas and murdered their passengers and crews. The stories — based on contemporary newspaper accounts, trial proceedings, and Admiralty records — describe in lurid detail the life, atrocities, and bloody death of the infamous Black Beard as well as the cold-blooded exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read, and scores of other maritime marauders.The first edition of...
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- THE PIRATES OWN BOOK
- Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.
- Charles Ellms
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- THE DANISH AND NORMAN PIRATES
- Awilda, the Female Pirate.
- A Priest thrown from the Ramparts of an Abbey.
- ADVENTURES AND EXPLOITS OF CAPTAIN AVERY
- Captain Avery engaging the Great Mogul's Ship.
- Captain Avery receiving the three chests of Treasure on board of his Ship.
- Captain Tew attacks the ship from India.
- A Pirate and his Madagascar wife.
- Captain Avery's Treasure.
- THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES OF THE PERSIAN GULF.
- A Joassamee Dow in full chase.
- The Pirates striking off the arm of Capt. Babcock.
- The Neried Frigate chasing a Fleet of Joassamee Dows.
- The daring Intrepidity of Lieut. Hall.
- The Sheikh of Rumps.
- The Pirate Stronghold.
- THE BARBAROUS CONDUCT AND ROMANTIC DEATH OF THE JOASSAMEE CHIEF, RAHMAH-BEN-JABIR.
- Rahmah-ben-Jabir, a Joassamee Chief.
- THE LIFE OF LAFITTE, THE FAMOUS PIRATE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
- Lafitte boarding the Queen East Indiaman
- Lafitte and his crew clearing the decks of the Indiaman.
- Interview between Lafitte, General Jackson, and Governor Claiborne.
- Death of Lafitte, the Pirate.
- THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN ROBERTS.
- Captain Roberts' Crew carousing at Old Calabar River.
- THE LIFE OF CHARLES GIBBS.
- Gibbs carrying the Dutch Girl on board his Vessel.
- Gibbs shooting a comrade.
- Captain Thornby murdered and thrown overboard by Gibbs and the steward.
- Gibbs and Wansley burying the Money.
- HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES, CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF THE SPANISH PIRATES.
- Pirates robbing the brig Mexican of Salem, Mass.
- View of the Negro village on the river Nazareth, and the Panda at anchor.
- Burying the money on the beach at Cape Lopez.
- Explosion of the Panda.
- Thomas Fuller striking Ruiz in Court.
- Ruiz leaving the Panda.
- THE LIFE OF BENITO DE SOTO THE PIRATE OF THE MORNING STAR.
- The Pirates carrying rum on shore to purchase slaves.
- The mate begging for his life.
- Horrid abuse of the helpless women in the cabin.
- The Rock of Gibraltar.
- THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ROBERT KIDD
- Captain Kidd burying his Bible.
- Captain Kidd attacks the Moorish fleet.
- Captain Kidd hanging in chains.
- THE BLOODY CAREER AND EXECUTION OF VINCENT BENAVIDES A PIRATE ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.
- The head of Benavides stuck on a pole.
- THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN DAVIS
- Retreat of the Pirates and Death of Captain Davis.
- AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE MALAY PIRATES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
- A Piratical Proa in Full Chase.
- THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CONDENT
- Capt. Condent leaping into the hold, to attack the Indian.
- The Pirates riding the Priests about deck.
- THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD LOW.
- The Cruelties practised by Captain Low.
- The Captain of the Portuguese Ship cutting away the Bag of Moidores.
- Low presenting a Pistol and Bowl of Punch.
- LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN EDWARD ENGLAND
- The Pirates pelting Captain Skinner with Glass Bottles.
- Captain Mackra, and the Pirate with a wooden leg.
- ACCOUNT OF THE LYNN PIRATES
- The Dungeon Rock and Pirate's Cave, at Lynn, Mass.
- HISTORY OF THE LADRONE PIRATES
- A Ladrone Pirate, cutting off the Heads of the Chinese.
- The War Junks of the Ladrones.
- THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN LEWIS.
- The Pirate Banister, hanging at the Yard Arm.
- The Master Caned by Captain Lewis.
- Captain Lewis giving a lock of his hair to the Devil.
- THE LIFE, CAREER AND DEATH OF CAPTAIN THOMAS WHITE.
- Hugh Man wetting the Priming of the Guns.
- The Murder of the Captain and Chief Mate.
- THE LIFE, ATROCITIES, AND BLOODY DEATH OF BLACK BEARD.
- The crews of Black Beard's and Vane's vessels carousing on the coast of Carolina.
- Death of Black Beard.
- Black Beard's Head on the end of the Bowsprit.
- THE EXPLOITS, ARREST, AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN CHARLES VANE.
- Vane arrested by Captain Holford.
- THE WEST INDIA PIRATES
- A Piratical Vessel destroying a Merchant Ship.
- Horrid Piracy and Murder by a Mexican "privateer."
- A Cave in the Caicos group of the West India Islands.
- The execution of ten pirates.
- The Pirates fire into Lieut. Kearney's boat, while reconnoitering the shore.
- THE ADVENTURES AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN JOHN RACKAM.
- THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF ANNE BONNEY.
- THE ADVENTURES AND HEROISM OF MARY READ.
- Mary Read kills her antagonist.
- THE ALGERINE PIRATES.
- On board an Algerine corsair.
- Algerines in the act of firing off the French consul from a mortar at the French fleet.
- THE ADVENTURES, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN GOW.
- Gow killing the Captain.
- PIRATE'S SONG.
- INDEX
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