Now You Know Pirates

The Little Book of Answers

ByDoug Lennox

Published March 2008

Paperback

^$ 9.99

Paperback

^$ 9.99

Description

Shiver me timbers and avast ye hearties! We think we know pirates, from Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow to Errol Flynn as Captain Blood, or literature’s Long John Silver and Captain Hook. But what do we really know? The true Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Sir Henry Morgan, and lots more, from ancient keelhauling to twenty-first-century buccaneering, are all here in Q & A commodore Doug Lennox’s Now You Know Pirates. Arrrr!

What is the origin of the word pirate?
Who were the Barbary Corsairs?
What did pirates do to St. Patrick?
What is the difference between a pirate and a privateer?
What is the Oak Island Treasure?
How many female pirates have there been?
What are "pieces of eight" and "doubloons"?
Who were the buccaneers?
How old is piracy?

Contributors

Doug Lennox

Doug Lennox was an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features, including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against the Ropes, and shared screen time with Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Eric McCormack, Gary Oldman, and a myriad of others.

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Book Details

ePub
March 2008
-
96 pp
9781459718128

Paperback
March 2008
5x7 in
96 pp
9781550028065

ePub
March 2008
-
96 pp
9781770703308