The Buccaneers Of America (1911) (Paperback)

from empress8411

This is a thick, hefty book. Full of the dastardly exploits of famous pirates, including Captain Morgan and L'Ollonais, it's marvelous history of those sea-dogs. It's a bit lengthy at points and can sometime get bogged down in minute details, but that doesn't detract from the overall story. Esque...

from lritchie1150

Disturbing non fiction account of the lives of pirates in the Carribean, including Henry Morgan's sacking of Panama. Coupled with Marcus Reddiker's The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Peter Leeson's the Invisible Hook, and if you can ignore the brutality of it all, it's a fascinating look at the ...

from DinadansFriend

A period piece, no doubt about that! If you needed a single source to rip off for adventure stories, well, this is your victim. We based a seventeenth century role playing game on it, and seldom needed anything else except stock market reports and "How to Sail" books. Read your child this book, a...

from antiquary

Henry Morgan maintained this book was libellous, and I believe some modern scholars agree it may exaggerate the evil of some pirates, but it is still a basic source for piracy in the 17th century.