THE PIRATES OWN BOOK (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea RobbersBy Charles Ellms
Length15h 2m
About this audiobook
The Pirates Own Book (Illustrated) is a vivid nineteenth-century compendium of maritime outlawry, gathering sensational narratives of buccaneers, privateers, mutineers, and sea robbers into a form at once documentary and theatrical. Its prose belongs to the popular literature of crime and adventure: brisk, moralizing, richly anecdotal, and heightened by illustrations that transform historical violence into memorable spectacle. Situated within the antebellum appetite for captivity tales, criminal biographies, and oceanic adventure, the volume both condemns piracy and reveals the period's fascination with transgression, empire, and the unstable law of the sea. Charles Ellms remains a relatively shadowy figure, yet his editorial imagination is unmistakably shaped by the print culture of early America, where compilations, broadsides, and illustrated histories brought distant dangers into domestic reading rooms. His work reflects an era deeply invested in maritime commerce and naval identity, and in the moral lessons supposedly offered by the lives of notorious criminals. Readers interested in pirate legend, maritime history, or popular nineteenth-century storytelling will find this book indispensable. It is best read not merely as factual record, but as a revealing artifact of how piracy was remembered, dramatized, and morally framed for a wide public.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
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GenreHistory
Length15 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 15, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface
3Introduction
4The Danish and Norman Pirates
5Adventures and Exploits of Captain Avery
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6The Remarkable History of the Joassamee Pirates of the Persian Gulf
7The Barbarous Conduct and Romantic Death of the Joassamee Chief, Rahmah-Ben-Jabir
8The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico
9The Life of Captain Roberts
10The Life of Charles Gibbs
11History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates
12The Life of Benito De Soto the Pirate of the Morning Star
13The Adventures of Captain Robert Kidd
14The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America
15The Life of Captain Davis
16Authentic History of the Malay Pirates of the Indian Ocean
17The Adventures of Captain Condent
18The Life of Captain Edward Low
19Life and Adventures of Captain Edward England
20Account of the Lynn Pirates
21History of the Ladrone Pirates
22The Life of Captain Lewis
23The Life, Career and Death of Captain Thomas White
24The Life, Atrocities, and Bloody Death of Black Beard
25The Exploits, Arrest, and Execution of Captain Charles Vane
26The West India Pirates
27The Adventures and Execution of Captain John Rackam
28The Life and Exploits of Anne Bonney
29The Adventures and Heroism of Mary Read
30The Algerine Pirates
31The Adventures, Trial and Execution of Captain Gow
32Memorable Quotes
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