| Series |
Wanted! famous outlaws
Cooke, Tim, 1961- Wanted! Famous outlaws. ^A1364843
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| Contents |
Unknown beginnings -- In the Caribbean -- Focus: pirates and privateers -- Becoming Blackbeard -- A captured ship -- Focus: pirate ships -- Terror on the seas -- Blockade of Charleston -- Run aground! -- Blackbeard's base -- A popular spot -- Focus: pirate life -- The governor's decision -- Focus: pirates and the law -- Maynard's mission -- Last battle -- Death of Blackbeard -- Focus: Blackbeard's legacy -- Rogues? gallery -- Glossary. |
| Abstract |
Edward Teach, otherwise known as the pirate Blackbeard, was a terror of the seas in the 1700s. This volume takes readers into the background of the famous figure, explains the origins of his striking monikor, and describes the bloody skirmish that ended his life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2015029034 |
| ISBN | 9781482442472 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1482442477 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781482442489 (6 pack) |
| ISBN | 1482442485 (6 pack) |
| ISBN | 9781482442496 (library bound) |
| ISBN | 1482442493 (library bound) |
| Stock number | 1399565 QBI |
