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A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Charles Johnson (1998, Hardcover, Reprint)

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Originally published in 1724, this famous account chronicles the lives and exploits of the most notorious pirates from Anne Bonny to Blackbeard.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1558217665
ISBN-13
9781558217669
eBay Product ID (ePID)
919129

Product Key Features

Book Title
General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
Author
Charles Johnson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
General, Maritime History & Piracy
Publication Year
1998
Genre
History
Number of Pages
388 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
30.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
G535.J64 1998
Edition Description
Reprint
Table of Content
Captain Charles Johnson: The identity of Captain Johnson remains a mystery. For many years the name was believed to be a pseudonym for Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe and other classic works including Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton, which is the fictional biography of a pirate. Recent research has cast doubt on this interesting theory, and although there are some similarities in the style of Defoe's known works and Captain Johnson's History, there are too many discrepancies to confirm the attribution. It has been suggested that Johnson was a seaman, and possibly even a pirate, because he is clearly at home with the language of the sea and he shows an inside knowledge of the lives of some of the pirates he describes. He certainly had access to trial documents and may well have interviewed former pirates or sailors who had been captured and spent time on pirate ships. His book undoubtedly provides the most vivid and authentic description of the great age of piracy. Since its first publication in 1724 it has been the prime source of information about the lives of the most notorious pirates and has been an inspiration for numerous books, plays and films, from R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island and J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan to the swashbuckling movies starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Errol Flynn.(71/2 X 10, 388 pages, illustrations, charts)
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-216059
Commentaries by
Cordingly, David
Dewey Decimal
910.4/5
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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by robi-maddeMar 04, 2017
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Been watching Black Sails which is an awesome series and wanted to read about the real lives of some of the pirates. The movie kept quite a bit of fact mixed in with the fictional characters story and reading about the real pirates was very interesting.
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