Pirates
Subtitle: truth and rumors
By: by Sean Stewart Price.
Series: Edge books. Truth and rumors
Publisher: Capstone Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mankato, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781429647465
Subjects: Pirates -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Labels common stories about pirates as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pirates : what's the real story; title: Did pirates really say "arrr?"; title: Were pirates active only in the 1600s and 1700s?; title: Did all pirates fly the same pirate flag?; title: Did pirates make captives walk the plank?; title: Did pirates maroon people?; title: Did pirates always fight big battles to capture loot?; title: Was Blackbeard really hard to kill?; title: Did women ever become pirates?; title: Did pirates have eye patches, hooks, and peg legs?; title: Did pirates bury their treasure?; title: Were pirates afraid of "Davy Jones' Locker"?; title: Fact or fiction : how to tell the difference.