Pirates: Swashbuckling Stories from the Seven Seas

by Jennifer Schwamm Willis

Book Overview

The surprising success of Pirates of the Caribbean, a new screen adaptation of the classic Peter Pan, and the Russell Crowe film Master and Commander have fueled interest in seagoing swashbucklers.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560256168
• ISBN13: 9781560256168
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic collection of pirate stories!

Pirate-lovers will find a crew of jolly, rapacious, and downright wicked scoundrels in this collection of stories for swashbucklers of all ages. Stevenson, Defoe, Salgari, R.M. Ballantyne, Howard Pyle, Dumas, all the legendary hitters are there. There is a vast sea of swashbuckling pirate adventure literature out there and this is a great way to sample a variety of styles and maybe even discover a few lost classics. If you're a fan of pirate fiction, it just doesn't get any better than this!