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Title: Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Author: Howard I. Pyle
Release Date: October 10, 2008 [EBook #26862]
Language: English
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Studio April 7 1903.
H. Pyle. del.
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Howard Pyle's
Book of Pirates
Ye Pirate Bold, as imagined by
a Quaker Gentleman in the—
Farm Lands of Pennsylvania—
Howard Pyle—Chadds Ford
September 13th 1903—
Book of Pirates
Ye Pirate Bold, as imagined by
a Quaker Gentleman in the—
Farm Lands of Pennsylvania—
Howard Pyle—Chadds Ford
September 13th 1903—
AN ATTACK ON A GALLEON an attack on a galleon
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson
Harper & Brothers Publishers New York & London
| PAGE | |||
| Foreword by Merle Johnson | xi | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| I. | Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main | 3 | |
| II. | The Ghost of Captain Brand | 39 | |
| III. | With the Buccaneers | 75 | |
| IV. | Tom Chist and the Treasure Box | 99 | |
| V. | Jack Ballister's Fortunes | 129 | |
| VI. | Blueskin, the Pirate | 150 | |
| VII. | Captain Scarfield | 187 | |
| VIII. | The Ruby of Kishmoor | 210 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| An Attack on a Galleon | Frontispiece | |
| On the Totugas | Facing p. | 6 |
| Capture of the Galleon | " | 10 |
| Henry Morgan Recruiting for the Attack | " | 14 |
| Morgan at Porto Bello | " | 16 |
| The Sacking of Panama | " | 20 |
| Marooned | " | 26 |
| Blackbeard Buries His Treasure | " | 32 |
| Walking the Plank | " | 36 |
| "Captain Malyoe Shot Captain Brand Through the Head" | " | 40 |
| "She Would Sit Quite Still, Permitting Barnaby to Gaze" | " | 68 |
| Buried Treasure | " | 76 |
| Kidd on the Deck of the "Adventure Galley" | " | 85 |
| Burning the Ship | " | 92 |
| Who Shall Be Captain | " | 104 |
| Kidd at Gardiner's Island | " | 108 |
| Extorting Tribute from the Citizens | " | 116 |
| "Pirates Used to Do That to Their Captains Now and Then" | " | 124 |
| "Jack Followed the Captain and the Young Lady up the Crooked Path to the House" | " | 132 |
| "He Led Jack up to a Man Who Sat upon a Barrel" | " | 136 |
| "The Bullets Were Humming and Singing, Clipping Along the Top of the Water" | " | 142 |
| "The Combatants Cut and Slashed with Savage Fury" | " | 146 |
| So the Treasure Was Divided | " | 154 |
| Colonel Rhett and the Pirate | " | 162 |
| The Pirate's Christmas | " | 174 |
| "He Lay Silent and Still, with His Face Half Buried in the Sand" | " | 182 |
| "There Cap'n Goldsack Goes, Creeping, Creeping, Creeping, Looking for His Treasure Down Below!" | " | 186 |
| "He Had Found the Captain Agreeable and Companionable" | " | 190 |
| The Buccaneer Was a Picturesque Fellow | " | 196 |
| Then the Real Fight Began | " | 200 |