Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates gathers stories and illustrated pieces—some fiction, some based on history—about buccaneers and marooners of the Spanish Main. It offers sea adventures, treasure, and shipboard life, and is worth listening to for its classic pirate atmosphere and Pyle's storytelling.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
The Challenge The Challenge Studio April 7 1903. H. Pyle. del. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Ye Pirate Bold, as imagined by a Quaker Gentleman in the— Farm Lands of Pennsylvania— Howard Pyle—Chadds Ford September 13th 1903— AN ATTACK ON A GALLEON an attack on a galleon Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the
writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson Harper & Brothers Publishers New York & London CONTENTS PAGE Foreword by Merle Johnson xi Preface xiii I. Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main 3 II. The Ghost of Captain Brand 39 III. With the Buccaneers 75 IV. Tom Chist and the Treasure Box 99 V. Jack Ballister's Fortunes 129 VI. Blueskin, the Pirate 150 VII. Captain Scarfield 187 VIII. The Ruby of Kishmoor 210
ILLUSTRATIONS An Attack on a Galleon Frontispiece On the Totugas Facing p. 6 Capture of the Galleon " 10 Henry Morgan Recruiting for the Attack " 14 Morgan at Porto Bello " 16 The Sacking of Panama " 20 Marooned " 26 Blackbeard Buries His Treasure " 32 Walking the Plank " 36 "Captain Malyoe Shot Captain Brand Through the Head" " 40 "She Would Sit Quite Still, Permitting Barnaby to Gaze" " 68 Buried Treasure " 76 Kidd on the Deck of the "Adventure Galley" " 85 Burning the Ship " 92 Who Shall Be Captain? " 104 Kidd at Gardiner's Island " 108 Extorting Tribute from the Citizens " 116 "Pirates Used to Do That to Their Captains Now and Then" " 124 "Jack Followed the Captain and the Young Lady up the Crooked Path to the House" " 132 "He Led Jack up to a Man Who Sat upon a Barrel" " 136 "The Bullets Were Humming and Singing, Clipping Along the Top of the Water" " 142 "The Combatants Cut and Slashed with Savage Fury" " 146 So the Treasure Was Divided " 154 Colonel Rhett and the Pirate " 162
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