The big book of pirates
By: text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman ; illustrated by Xosé Tomás ; [original Spanish text by by Joan and Albert Vinyoli]
Contributors: Tomás, Xosé, ill; Vinyoli, Joan, 1914-1984; Vinyoli, Albert, 1947-
Publisher: Sterling Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402780561
Subjects: Pirates; Adventure stories; Short stories; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Fiction
Description: A collection of well-known pirate tales, abridged and adapted for younger readers.
Notes: "Originally published in Spain under the title El gran libro de relatos de piratas y corsarios."
Table of contents: title: From "The corsair" / Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron); title: From "La canción del pirata" ("The song of the pirate") / José de Espronceda; title: The rover / Joseph Conrad; title: The black corsair / Emilio Salgari; title: Queen of the Caribbean / Emilio Salgari; title: The vengeance of a helmsman / Soledad Acosta de Samper; title: Blackbeard / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle; title: The blighting of Sharkey / Arthur Conan Doyle; title: The ghost pirates / William Hope Hodgson; title: Captain Singleton / Daniel Defoe; title: Pirates of the Spanish Caribbean / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle; title: Captain Scarfield / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle; title: The frozen pirate / W. Clark Russell.