Books like Who was Blackbeard? by Buckley, James Jr

In 1665 Jamaica, Captain Charles Hunter courts danger to hijack a Spanish galleon laden with gold, sparking a perilous clash between ruthless pirates and imperial forces amid the island’s wild, lawless streets.

Errol Flynn wrecks his yacht on a Jamaican island where teenage Ida Joseph, the daughter of the local Justice of the Peace, becomes determined to meet the famed swashbuckler. As Flynn seeks adventure and redemption, Ida finds herself drawn into a world of Hollywood glamour and island intrigue.

Four kids search the Bath, N.C. area for a missing prop from a play--the head of Blackbeard the Pirate.

"Of all the colorful cutthroats who scoured the seas in search of plunder during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early eighteenth century, none was more ferocious or notorious than Blackbeard (who probably went by the name of Edward Teach). Nearly three centuries after his death his name is still synonymous with piracy. Not content with becoming the scourge of the Caribbean, this brutal and fearless hell-raiser then sailed north to strike terror in the hearts of American colonists from New York to the Carolinas." "Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate traces Teach's career from the time he went to sea to his final defeat in a tremendous sea battle near his base at Ocracoke Island. Pirate expert Angus Konstam follows in Blackbeard's bloody wake through the Caribbean and describes his encounters with many others in the trade, especially at Benjamin Hornigold's "pirate school" in the Bahamas. He also reveals how Teach assembled the most powerful pirate fleet of his day and examines his fateful alliance with the "gentleman pirate" Stede Bonnet." "Drawing on vivid descriptions of Blackbeard's attacks from his rare surviving victims, Konstam presents dramatic accounts of the pirate's very effective tactics as well as his reputation for cruelty. Angus also examines the life and business of piracy, explains the lure of the trade, and reveals how contraband played an important part in the establishment of colonial America's fragile community."--Jacket.

Join this book's voyage of exploration to find the world's Top 10 Worst Nasty Pirates. Bold, brave, and adventurous, pirates were exciting heroes. However, these glamorous raiders were also brutal robbers and bloodthirst mass murderers. At different times, and in different places, they were known by many different names.

Describes how a group of powerful pirate captains joined forces to create a powerful den of thieves, which led to a distinctive form of democracy in the Bahamas, one that ultimately was destroyed by a merchant fleet owner and former privateer.