The Everything Pirates Book: A Swashbuckling History of Adventure on the High Seas

by Barb Karg, Arjean Spaite

From the corsairs of the Barbary Coast to Blackbeard to Jean Lafitte, pirates have been a part of every culture for centuries. Sometimes terrifying but always colorful characters, their history is as rich with controversy as it is with gold doubloons! With each passing decade, the legends surrounding pirates have grown to epic proportion, right down to their peg-legs and buried treasure. The Everything Pirates Book follows their historic travails from ancient times to their Golden Age to the modern day search for buried treasure, and reveals the truth behind the Hollywood type.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2007

About the author

Barb Karg is a twenty-five-year veteran journalist, author, graphic designer, and screenwriter. Karg has written four feature-length films, dozens of books, and designed and laid out hundreds of books, magazines, and catalogs. When not writing, she continues to work as an editor, designer, and layout specialist. Karg lives with her better half, Rick, and their five opinionated four-legged children in the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it because, duh, it's about pirates!!!

I did not like it because it was rather boring. Good information, but not exciting enough in its conveyance.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Witty and well presented.