Pirates by active 1724-1731 Charles Johnson
"Pirates" by Charles Johnson is a book published in 1724 containing biographies of contemporary pirates. Written under a pen name by an unknown London author, this work became the prime source for tales of infamous figures like Blackbeard and shaped modern conceptions of piracy. It introduced now-familiar elements including the Jolly Roger flag, treasure burial, and pirates with missing limbs. Though more literary fabrication than historical record, the book profoundly influenced later
pirate fiction, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1921 |
| Dubious author | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 |
| Title | Pirates |
| Note | Illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates |
| Note | Charles Johnson may possibly be a pseudonym for Daniel Defoe, but it's not entirely clear. |
| Credits |
Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | CT: History: Biography |
| LoC Class | F975: United States local history: Central American, West Indian, and other countries protected by and having close political affiliations with the United States |
| Subject | Pirates -- Biography |
| Subject | Pirates -- History -- 17th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 24439 |
| Release Date | Jan 27, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 397 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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