Books with author Charles Johnstone

Excerpt from A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &C. To Which Is Added: Tryals of the Most Notorious Malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, LondonLieutenants, two Pilots, one Surgeon, and one'réli; gions Man of the Order. Of St. Francis for their Chaplain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea is a classic collection of pirate biographies by Charles H. L. Johnston. Of sea fighters there have been many: the pirate, the fillibusterer, the man-of-warsman, and the privateer. The first was primarily a ruffian and, secondarily, a brute, although now and again there were pirates who shone by contrast only. The fillibusterer was also engaged in lawless fighting on the sea and to this service were attracted the more daring and adventurous souls who swarmed about the shipping ports in search of employment and pelf.

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A novel in the honorable tradition of Billy Budd and Moby Dick . . . heroic in proportion . . . engrossing.--The New York Times Book Review. Middle Passage is an astonishing work of historical fiction about the slave trade which combines elements of classic 19th-century sea-going novels with the existential angst of a 20th-century philosopher. The result is a resonant work that is completely original and truly unforgettable.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T072262<Notes>Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions. First edition entitled 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the<imprintFull>London : printed for, and sold by T. Warner, 1724. <collation>[20],17-427,[1]p.,plates ; 8°