Pirates, the mighty lords of the sea. Who hasn’t heard or read about them? Their lives are filled with adventures, free from the dungeon of society. There are so many books written about them and inspired from their lives. But, who were they really? What was their real life like? Did they have family?
When we think about it, we don’t really know about them. We don’t know why they became pirates at first place. What was their intention? What was their history?
This book presents the history of how piracy began and the reasons for that. The author, Frank Richard Stockton, shows the lives of the real pirates through a series of their semi-biographies. Stockton talks about the pirates of the 18th century and later, all the way until the last pirates, focusing mainly on the buccaneers.
You will read about the lives and adventures of: Peter the Great (aka Pierre Le Grand), John Esquemeling, Francois L'Olonnois, Roc Braziliano, Henry Morgan, Stede Bonnet, Richard Worley, Mary Read and many other pirates.
It is an interesting and informative book about the true nature of pirates who dwelt on the coasts of the United States.
