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Snow: True Tales of Pirates and Their Gold

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Snow: True Tales of Pirates and Their Gold
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Snow, Edward Rowe. TRUE TALES OF PIRATES AND THEIR GOLD. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. 1953. 12mo. xiv, 274 pages. Original blue cloth, gilt, jacket. Eighth Printing. Maps. b&w historical, print, coin and author photos. English text. Jacket Good. some cover scuffs along the edges, Very Good. In this book the author has assembled a spectacular company of the most renowned of pirates. Here we find such buccaneers as Jean Lafitte, who was courted by the British and hunted by the Americans, only to receive the praise of Andrew Jackson for helping to save the city of New Orleans; Henry Morgan, the mightiest pirate of the Western World, who became Deputy Governor of Jamaica and was knighted by a British king; the diabolical Edward Low of Boston, who forced his captives to cannibal- ism; and the greatest pirate of them all, Madame Ching, who boasted a reputation as the scourge of the China Seas. Here, too, are stories of treasure hunts for the wealth left behind, including an account of the author's own discovery of pirate gold. Lot weight: 1 lbs 0oz. Subject(s): Buried, Sunken Treasure.