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06 Apr

Book: Blackbeard and crew born in Carolinas

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Book: Blackbeard and crew born in Carolinas – Local & State – News & Observer

BATH — In a pirate-worthy broadside on conventional history, a Raleigh author claims that Blackbeard and many of his henchmen weren’t rogue Englishmen, but sons of North Carolina landowners.

Most historical accounts contend that the notorious pirate known as Edward Teach or Thatch was from Bristol, England. But Kevin P. Duffus said his review of archives and genealogical research indicates that Blackbeard was probably Edward Beard, son of a landowner in Bath in Beaufort County.

“There’s never going to be a smoking gun to determine who he really was,” Duffus said of the pirate. “My version is a lot more plausible than what’s been foisted upon us for nearly three centuries.”

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23 Oct

Pirate Books We Recommend- The Pirate’s Realm

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“Pirates – Terror On the High Seas”David Cordingly (editor)
“Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates” Howard Pyle
“Under the Black Flag” and: “Pirates: Fact and Fiction” David Cordingly
“Pirates of the Carolinas” Terrance Zepke
“A General History of the Pyrates” (original 1724) Capt. Johnson( Daniel Defoe)
“The Pirate Prince: Discovering the Priceless Treasures
of the Sunken Ship Whydah” Barry Clifford
“The History of Pirates” Angus Konstam
“Robinson Crusoe” Daniel Defoe
“Blackbeard the Pirate”Robert E. Lee
“The Pirate’s, a Who’s Who” Philip Gosse
“Captain Mary, Buccaneer” Jacqueline Church Simonds and Beagle Bay Books
“History of the Buccaneers of America” (original 1684) John Esquemeling
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24 Sep

The Pirate Primer

Posted by CapnSage Category: Pirate Books, Pirates

This is the professional pirate talk book! The author was kind to send me a copy for review. I have never seen a more informative, entertaining, and well-researched book about pirate talk anywhere. “The Pirate Primer is the first and only comprehensive guide to the world of pirate language. A complete course in pirate vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and syntax. This is the authoritative work on the subject, containing every distinctive term, phrase, usage, and speech structure uttered by or attributed to pirates in film, television, literature, and historical accounts over the last three centuries.”