Kid pirates
Subtitle: their battles, shipwrecks, & narrow escapes
By: Allan Zullo.
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780439918138
Subjects: Pirates -- Juvenile literature.; Children -- Juvenile literature.; Courage -- Juvenile literature.; Pirates -- Biography.; Courage.; Inspiration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: Some volunteered. Others were forced to serve. But each of these young people sailed with the world's most feared pirates-from the notorious Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to Sir Henry Morgan and others. Some of these kids fought side-by-side with the pirates, and others tried to escape. You will never forget their incredible true stories.
Notes: "Ten true tales."
Table of contents: title: Pirate Scuttlebutt; title: Escape from Maracaibo: David Cornwall, seaman for privateer Henry Morgan; title: Turning back the turncoats: Richard Barleycorn, cabin boy for Captain William Kidd; title: Sadder but wiser: Louis Arot, cabin boy for pirate Blackbeard; title: Littlest pirate: John King, cabin boy for pirate Black Sam Bellamy; title: Outfoxing the fox: Bento Gaspar, seaman for pirate Howell Davis; title: Out of tune: Henry Hamm, musician for pirate Thomas Anstis; title: Cut off from the world: Philip Ashton Jr., forced seaman of pirate Ned Low; title: Treasure seized, treasure lost: Louis Garneray, seaman for Privateer Jean-Francois Malroux; title: Taking French leave: Charles Cronea, cabin boy for privateer James Cambell; title: ''Dead cats don't mew'': Nickola Costa, cabin boy for pirate Don Pedro Gibert.