Ghost Pirates: And Other Tales Of The High Seas - Softcover

 
9781599210971: Ghost Pirates: And Other Tales Of The High Seas
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1599210975 ISBN 13: 9781599210971
Verlag: Lyons Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Ghosts. Pirates. Put the two together and you’ve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written. It's enough to make anyone say, "Shiver me timbers"--with delight.

The spirits of Davy Jones's locker have a long and colorful history among sailors and lovers of literature. From Daniel Defoe's "The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts" to Thomas Smollet's "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" to Washington Irving's "Adventures of the Black Fisherman," ghost pirates swashbuckle in and out of the scene, stealing the souls of the doomed and frightening the innocent. Prepare yourself for a thrilling ride.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tom McCarthy grew up on the Great Lakes. His love of sailing and the ocean is the driving force behind this collection of stories. He is also the editor of Classic Sailing Stories, Incredible Tales of the Sea, and Incredible Pirate Tales. He lives in Chester, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters.

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"You can pray to God that they won't stumble across us. It strikes me that whether they're ghosts, or not ghosts, they're blood-gutted pirates."Pirates. Ghost ships. Murder. Man-eating alligators. Bloody revenge. Put them all together and you've got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written. It's enough to make anyone say, "Shiver me timbers!"--with delight. The spirits of Davy Jones's locker and his rivals have a long and colorful history among sailors and lovers of literature. From "The Shadow of the Sea" to "The Pirate Who Could Not Swim" to "The Life, Atrocities, and Bloody Death of Blackbeard," these boisterous brigands come back to life in all their devil-may-care glory, stealing our hearts and imagination with their brashness. Prepare yourself for a thrilling ride.

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Verlag
Lyons Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1599210975
ISBN 13 
9781599210971
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
Herausgeber
McCarthy Tom
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