num_pages: 416
description: 
  A view of pirate life�from the crow�s nest …
  Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those swashbuckling brigands. It offers portraits of such infamous men and women as Blackbeard, Captain Anne Bonny, Captain Kidd, and Jean LaFitte, with a full history of pirates through the ages, even modern day, high-tech scavengers of the South China seas. For mateys young and old.
language: English
title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates
titlecomplete: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates
genres: Reference, History, Pirates, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 67
publisher: Alpha