Bibliograph

The big book of pirates, text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman ; illustrated by Xosé Tomás ; [original Spanish text] by Joan and Albert Vinyoli

Type

Label

The big book of pirates, text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman ; illustrated by Xosé Tomás ; [original Spanish text] by Joan and Albert Vinyoli

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The big book of pirates

Oclc number

642624569

Responsibility statement

text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman ; illustrated by Xosé Tomás ; [original Spanish text] by Joan and Albert Vinyoli

Summary

A collection of well-known pirate tales, abridged and adapted for younger readers

Table Of Contents

From "The corsair" / Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) -- From "La canción del pirata" ("The song of the pirate") / José de Espronceda -- The rover / Joseph Conrad -- The black corsair / Emilio Salgari -- Queen of the Caribbean / Emilio Salgari -- The vengeance of a helmsman / Soledad Acosta de Samper -- Blackbeard / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle -- The blighting of Sharkey / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The ghost pirates / William Hope Hodgson -- Captain Singleton / Daniel Defoe -- Pirates of the Spanish Caribbean / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle -- Captain Scarfield / from The book of pirates by Howard Pyle -- The frozen pirate / W. Clark Russell

Target audience

juvenile

Classification