基本信息出版社：Alpha
页码：416 页
出版日期：2006年04月
ISBN：1592573762
International Standard Book Number：1592573762
条形码：9781592573769
EAN：9781592573769
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Complete Idiot's Guide to

内容简介 A view of pirate life?from the crow?s nest ?

Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those swashbuckling brigands. It offers portraits of such infamous men and women as Blackbeard, Captain Anne Bonny, Captain Kidd, and Jean LaFitte, with a full history of pirates through the ages, even modern day, high-tech scavengers of the South China seas. For mateys young and old.
作者简介 Gail Selinger is a college lecturer and teacher of pirate lore. Active in the Port Royal Privateer Re-Enactment Workshops, she has also written several pirate-themed romance novels, as well as serious articles for publications for pirate enthusiasts.
W. Thomas Smith, Jr., a life-long enthusiast of pirate history and lore, is a teacher of journalism at the University of South Carolina. His articles have appeared in Business Week, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report.