The Pirates [Hardcover]

Charles Ellms (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 302 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (November 20, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517182513
• ISBN-13: 978-0517182512
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,144,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Contemporaneous collection of stories about pirates, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pirates (Hardcover)

This is actually a reprint of The Pirates Own Book, which is a compilation of contemporaneous stories about pirates which was compiled in the early 1800s. It appears to be the basis for much of what we know about pirates today. Because it was written long ago it doesn't read all that smoothly (despite editing) but it is facinating. Anyone with a serious interest in pirates should read this book.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring and outdated., June 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pirates (Hardcover)

This book is sickeningly boring. One forgets that they are reading a book, but rather feels that they are reading a 150 year old newspaper or textbook. All this book delivers is an incredible number of facts that gave this reviewer a headache. This book was a punishment.