Nonfiction about Pirates

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• History
• Pirates
• Nonfiction

Raiders and Rebels: the Golden Age of Piracy
By Frank Sherry
364.164 SHE
From 1692 to 1725 pirates sailed the oceans of the world, terrorizing seamen and plundering ships laden with the riches. Beneath these well known facts lies the true story of pirates.

Well Blow Me Down: a Guy’s Guide to Talking Like a Pirate
By John Baur
394.264 BAU
Avast, ye scurvy dogs and saucy wenches! The Pirate Guys, Mark Summers and John Baur share their booty of pirate lore and high seas hijinks.

The Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship
By Barry Clifford
910.45 CLI
Whydah, one of the most advanced sailing ships of the early 18th-century when she first set sail from London in late 1716, this vessel brought adventure, wealth, and doom to all who sailed on her.

Terror on the Seas: True Tales of Modern-Day Pirates
By Daniel Sekulich
910.45 SEK
Links multi-national organized crime syndicates and local warlords to current threats in national security and the War on Terror, and reveals the role of piracy in environmental hazards, economic problems, and jihad activities. (This one isn't historical, but it's still an interesting look at pirates.)

The Republic of Pirates
By Colin Woodard
910.45 WOO
The true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down.

Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd
By Barry Clifford
910.9165 CLI
The legendary Kidd (1654-1701) was a mass of intriguing contradictions. Initially a respectable husband and New York City entrepreneur, he succumbed to a lust for wealth and became a murderous, dictatorial pirate.

Pirate Hunter: the True Story of Captain Kidd
By Richard Zacks
BIO KIDD
Zacks takes the thrilling historical figure of Captain Kidd and makes his story even more dazzling by presenting the realities of buccaneer life, warts and all.