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The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time

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First of all I'd like to comment on the previous review. It is clear that the reviewer stopped reading the book within the first chapter as their review is based completely on a poor chapter to begin a book. After you fight your way through that one first chapter and give the book a second chance, you won't be let down -- that is if you find history interesting in the first place. Some chapters are written by actual pirates and some are written by historians. Either way, each chapter is fun and interesting. If you want to learn about pirates, I recommend this book.

Amazing book, chock full of facts from the horses mouth. Many of the tales printed are from actual journals, documents, diaries, manifests etc so its very interesting to hear first hand stories of these tales. Some of them are a little hard to follow as most of the author wrote in 3rd person but other than that its awesome.

Great pirate book! Filled with all kinds of stories and tales of lore. A must for any pirate buff!!

This was well written and easy to work through, a masterpiece of information, for those looking to enhance their knowledge on this subject.The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time (Mammoth Book of)

With The Mammoth Book of Pirates, Lewis has done little but compile several first-hand journal entries relating to historical pirates into one volume. The accounts themselves are often dry, somewhat archaic, and lack any real narrative flair. The book as a whole has no continuity whatsoever, and offers only a brief, vague, and poorly researched introduction to each (apparently) unedited piece.

If you are interested in raw primary sources, and patient enough to wade through tedious descriptions of foliage and ship manifests, you may enjoy this book, but I doubt it. Don't expect any kind of story to unfold before you.