Yount, Lisa.

Pirates / by Lisa Yount. - San Diego, Calif. : Detroit [Mich.] : Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale, c2002. - 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - History makers .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-103) and index.

Introduction: Adventurous lives -- 1. The pirates' Golden Age -- 2. Henry Morgan: the clever pirate -- 3. William Dampier: the explorer pirate -- 4. William Kidd: the unlucky pirate -- 5. Edward Teach (Blackbeard): the fearsome pirate -- 6. Anne Bonny: the woman pirate -- 7. Bartholomew Roberts: the successful pirate -- 8. Woodes Rogers: the respectable pirate.

Provides information on the lives and careers of seven real-life pirates, and includes an overview of the golden age of pirating.

8.9 5-8 Follett Library Resources

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