Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates - Complete Idiot's Guide to Author:Gail Selinger, Jr., W. Thomas Smith A view of pirate lifefrom the crows nest — Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those swashbuckling brigands. It offers portraits of such infamous men and women as Blackbeard, Captain Anne Bonny, Captain Kid... more »d, and Jean LaFitte, with a full history of pirates through the ages, even modern day, high-tech scavengers of the South China seas. For mateys young and old.« less