num_pages: 304
description: From the corsairs of the Barbary Coast to Blackbeard to Jean Lafitte, pirates have been a part of every culture for centuries. Sometimes terrifying but always colorful characters, their history is as rich with controversy as it is with gold doubloons! With each passing decade, the legends surrounding pirates have grown to epic proportion, right down to their peg-legs and buried treasure. The Everything Pirates Book follows their historic travails from ancient times to their Golden Age to the modern day search for buried treasure, and reveals the truth behind the Hollywood type.
language: English
title: The Everything Pirates Book: A Swashbuckling History of Adventure on the High Seas
titlecomplete: The Everything Pirates Book: A Swashbuckling History of Adventure on the High Seas
genres: Pirates, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Everything