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Cordingly: Pirates - Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea

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Cordingly: Pirates - Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea
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Cordingly, David [editor]. PIRATES - TERROR ON THE HIGH SEAS FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. JG Press, Inc., North Dighton. 1999. 4to. 256 pages. original pictorial boards, jacket. Frontispiece painting. Glossary. Bibliography. B&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. The popular image of pirates today-the combined effect of three centuries of books, plays, operas, films, cartoons, and children's games-is extraordinarily powerful. Pirates have become the mythical equivalent of giants, vampires, wizards, or witches, and they no longer seem quite real. Yet they definitely were real-as this first comprehensive, worldwide historical survey makes abundantly clear-and considerably more frightening historically than Long John Silver or Captain Hook. The barnacled sea dogs featured in this fascinating volume well deserved their reputations for bravery, hard drinking, avarice, foul language and casual violence and cruelty. Lot weight: 3 lbs 2oz. Subject(s): Pirates.