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Treasure Wreck: The Fortunes and Fate of the Pirate Ship Whydah

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I find this book well-written and exciting and interesting, but alas, TOO SHORT! The author gives background information about "Black Sam" Bellamy who was not nearly as notorious as many other pirates. His name survived 300 years of history, because his ship, The Whydah, broke up in a fog off the Cape Cod coast. And in 1984 the sunken ship was discovered by the former high school teacher, Barry Clifford. The book is about the expedition to bring to the surface artifacts for scientists to study to find out more about pirates. I think now is a good time to publish another book about those scientific findings. Now that Blackbeard's ship is being excavated off the North Carolina coast, scientists are finding out more. How about a book on both of these ships? A children's book I read this summer has photos of some of the artifacts found on Blackbeard's ship. It also has a lot of facts about the pirates of the Atlantic and Caribbean. The name of the book is The Diary of a Slave Girl, Ruby Jo. She sees Blackbeard and his 4 shiploads of pirates hold Charles Town hostage in 1718. That book is a fun read for both kids and adults.