Fact or Phony?: The Fact or Fiction Behind Pirates

Author Adam Sutherland

Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing

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eBook

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Author

Adam Sutherland

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Publishing

Volume

Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781482442724

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

4th Grade - 6th Grade

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Overview

This book takes an engaging look at pirate mythology and assigns a "fact" or "phony" evaluation to many of the things commonly associated with the swashbuckling sailors. Loaded with fact boxes and explanations of how many of these pirate myths originated, readers will love discovering more about real pirates.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Read this Part First…!.
1: So You Might Hear Myths Like … Pirates Made Maps of Buried Treasure.
2: Pirates Carried Parrots on Their Shoulders.
3: Pirates Made Their Victims Walk the Plank.
4: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
5: The Most Terrifying Ships at Sea.
6: Pirate Ships Flew Skull and Crossbones Flags.
7: Pirates Often Had Wooden Legs and Eye Patches.
8: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
9: Blackbeard Set Fire to His Beard before Attacks to Scare Victims.
10: Pieces of Eight and Other Pirate Booty.
11: “Black Sam” Bellamy Was the Unluckiest Pirate in History.
12: Pirates Sent a “Black Spot” to People They Intended to Kill.
13: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
14: Christopher Columbus Invented Piracy.
15: Pirates Regularly Hijacked Ships and Sold Them Back to the Owners.
16: A Pirate Once Survived a Hanging.
17: Pirates Were All Men.
18: Pirates Often Killed Someone to “Guard” Their Buried Treasure.
19: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
20: Pirates Stitched Their Own Wounds.
21: Pirate Ships Had More Rats on Board than Pirates.
22: The Jolly Roger Was Originally Red.
23: The Top 10 Highest Earning Pirates.
24: Pirates Were Scared of Cats.
25: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
26: Pirates Kept “Powder Monkeys” on Their Ships.
27: One Pirate Captain Made a Deal with the Devil.
28: The Most Successful Pirate Ever Was Never Caught.
29: Pirate Punishments.
30: Blackbeard Had 14 Wives.
31: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
32: Pirates Sometimes Dressed as Women to Attract Passing Ships.
33: The Greeks Invented the Word “Pirate”.
34: “Avast, Landlubbers!”.
35: Roman Emperor Pompey Killed 10,000 Pirates.
36: Julius Caesar Was Once Captured by Pirates.
37: Pirate or Privateer?.
38: The Island of Madagascar Was Once Ruled by Pirates.
39: Francis Drake Was a Pirate.
40: A Taste of the “Cat
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Fact or Phony?: The Fact or Fiction Behind Pirates

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