Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain Henry Morgan

ISBN: 9781493648450
$6.99
*Includes historic illustrations depicting Morgan and important events in his life.
*Includes excerpts from an account of Morgan's piracy written by his ship's surgeon.
*Analyzes Morgan's legacy and current efforts to find some of his sunken pirate ships.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
*Includes a Table of Contents.

The people who have lived outside the boundaries of normal societies and refused to play by the rules have long fascinated the world, and nowhere is this more evident than the continuing interest in the pirates of centuries past. As the subjects of books, movies, and even theme park rides, people continue to let their imaginations go when it comes to pirates, with buried treasure, parrots, and walking the plank all ingrained in pop culture’s perception of them. Charles River Editors’ Legendary Pirates series covers the lives, piracy, legends, myths, and legacies of history’s most famous pirates.

Although Captain Morgan has become somewhat synonymous with spiced rum in the 21st century, Henry Morgan has been one of the best known pirates and privateers for centuries, long before an alcohol was named after him. The swashbuckling captain, who fought nearly as hard as he drank, has long been a favorite among authors looking to write exciting novels about pirates, beginning with Captain Blood, written by Rafael Savtinin during the late 1800s. John Steinbeck wrote about him in Cup of Gold in 1929, and Berton Braley composed a poem about him, aptly titled This is the ballad of Henry Morgan, a few years later. James Michner devoted a chapter to Morgan in his 1989 hit Caribbean, and he inspired Michael Crichton’s character in Pirate Latitudes, Charles Hunter.
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