The big book of pirates /
Pirates
[original Spanish text] by Joan and Albert Vinyoli ; text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman ; illustrated by Xosé Tomás.
- New York : Sterling, 2011.
- 103 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
"Originally published in Spain under the title El Gran Libro de Relatos de Piratas y Corsarios"--T.p. verso.
From "The corsair" / Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) -- From "La canción del pirata" ("The song of the pirate") / José de Espronceda -- The rover / Joseph Conrad -- The black corsair / Emilio Salgari -- Queen of the Caribbean / Emilio Salgari -- The vengeance of a helmsman / Soledad Acosta de Samper -- Blackbeard / from Howard Pyle's Book of pirates -- The blighting of Sharkey / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The ghost pirates / William Hope Hodgson -- Captain Singleton / Daniel Defoe -- Pirates of the Spanish Caribbean / from Howard Pyle's Book of pirates -- Captain Scarfield / from Howard Pyle's Book of pirates -- The frozen pirate / W. Clark Russell.
A collection of well-known pirate tales and poems, abridged and adapted for younger readers.