Books with author Charles Elliott

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Readers fascinated by the cruel and magic world of the pirates are in for a real treat with this extraordinary compilation by Charles Ellms. First published in 1837, the book comprises stories gathered from various sources spanning over a century of pirate history, some of the sources dating back to the beginning of the 18th century and it also provides a very vivid and enjoyable account of the age of pirates.The collection features pirate biographies just as much as pirate legends. The book covers not only events from the lives of the most infamous buccaneers – pirates specializing in attacking Spanish ships in the Caribbean –, but stories about the corsairs plundering the Barbary Coast and pirates from other regions as well. Some of the stories are anecdotal, others make reference to credible historical sources and the book also comes with maps to illustrate the events described in the stories, making it all more real and more palpable for the reader.Not much is known about the author’s life, but one thing is sure: he was fascinated with history, especially with the history of life at sea, of pirates and their deeds. Besides The Pirates Own Book, he wrote and published several other books that provided insight into what life was like on a ship in the 17th-18th century – in 1836 he published his Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea that contained detailed accounts of nautical tragedies, then in 1841 he further elaborated the subject in The Tragedy of the Seas, a book that included stories of disasters on rivers and lakes as well.Ellms is usually criticized for embellishing the stories he adapts from authentic historical sources, but even so, his books, especially The Pirates Own Book provide a truly fascinating and insightful account of the cruel and bloody, but often very heroic lives of the pirates.

Charles Ellms originally published this book in 1837 for the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. This book has long been considered a hard-to-find rarity of Piratology. The death of Black Beard as well as the piratical exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert (William) Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and scores of other Pirates. David W. Whitehead is the founder of CryptoQuest, an organization dedicated to the study of all things "hidden" (Fortean phenomena, the paranormal, lost civilizations, cryptozoology, etc.) He has personally led expeditions into Florida swamps and Islands to search for buried treasure and archaeological mysteries. He majored in Archaeology, studied Cryptozoology and is one of the world's first Cryptoarchaeologists. He has investigated the hidden secrets of the swamps and rivers of Florida, the jungles of Central America, deserts and tunnels of Peru and the crypts and castles of Europe.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

'Junior Classics volume one' is a beautiful collection of children's stories, all compiled into one large volume. There are a great many tales - from Aesop's fables, classics like Cinderella, and Tom Thumb, to stories from Andrew Lang, and Flora Annie Steel. There is something for everyone in this book, from many different areas of the world, like India, Poland, and Russia. Complete with illustrations.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. This means that we have checked every single page in every title, making it highly unlikely that any material imperfections – such as poor picture quality, blurred or missing text - remain. When our staff observed such imperfections in the original work, these have either been repaired, or the title has been excluded from the Leopold Classic Library catalogue. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, within the book we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. If you would like to learn more about the Leopold Classic Library collection please visit our website at www.leopoldclassiclibrary.com

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"The Pirates Own Book" is a collection of historical tales about the great age of piracy. The exploits of such famous pirates as Black Beard, Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read as well as many others are recounted here in explicit detail. Comprising a time period between that of the Medieval Norman and Danish Sea Robbers to the cases of piracy in the first half of the Nineteenth Century, Charles Ellms' "The Pirates Own Book" is a classic collection of the stories of pirates who plagued the era of maritime travel. Enhanced with numerous wood engravings which depict the often gruesome acts perpetrated by these criminals of the sea, "The Pirates Own Book" gives the reader a true sense of what it was really like aboard the high seas and the ever present danger that lingered there in the form of piracy.