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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Pirate Round The Pirate Round James L. Nelson In 1706, war still rages in Europe, and the tobacco planters of the Virginia colony's tidewater struggle against shrinking markets and pirates lurking off the coast. But American seafarers have found… OL14872680W
Privateers Privateers Ben Bova This latest of Grand Tour chronicles tells a brilliant tale of revenge, love, and freedom while also laying out a vision for the human future in Space. Setting itself up for a final confrontation bet… OL15829W
Surrender the dawn Surrender the dawn M. L. Tyndall When the War of 1812 robs Cassandra of her father and brothers, she is determined to remain independent and find a way to support her mother and sisters. She hires a privateer, captained by the town … OL16416947W
Curse of the Iris Curse of the Iris Jason Fry "As Tycho and his siblings continue to compete for the captain's chair of the Shadow Comet, they must work together to hunt for an old pirate treasure--a treasure that is tied to some long-buried fam… OL17883689W
Jupiter Pirates - Hunt for the Hydra Jupiter Pirates - Hunt for the Hydra Jason Fry "When you're a privateer, running a starship is a family business. For Tycho Hashoone, his twin sister, Yana, and their older brother, Carlo, the family business is far from easy. For starters, the… OL17903897W
Her brother's keeper Her brother's keeper Mike Kupari "It's been years since Catherine Blackwood left the stodgy, repressive colony world of Avalon. Now the captain of the privateer vessel Andromeda, she is a master of her own destiny. But Catherine soo… OL20018803W
Pirates & smugglers Pirates & smugglers Moira Butterfield Explores the colorful history of piracy and smuggling, including the Golden Age of buccaneers, Prohibition-era rumrunners, and endangered wildlife kidnapping. Pirates and Smugglers is a swashbuckling… OL2215379W
Jean Laffite Jean Laffite Ramsay, Jack C. Jr Annotation OL26441652W
Patriot pirates Patriot pirates Robert H. Patton They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores; th… OL3252962W
VELVET CHAINS VELVET CHAINS Constance O'Banyon ECSTASY'S TIES The notorious pirate, "The Raven," despised anything British--and that included ravishing Lady Season Chatsworth. The black-garbed captin had kidnapped the English beauty as ransom fo… OL3576876W
Renato Beluche, smuggler, privateer, and patriot, 1780-1860 Renato Beluche, smuggler, privateer, and patriot, 1780-1860 Jane Lucas De Grummond Renato Beluche played many roles in the turbulent world of the nineteenth-century Caribbean. He was a merchant sea captain as well as a successful Privateer. He was Simón Bolívar’s favorite admiral a… OL5906247W
Drake Drake Wade G. Dudley "In the fifteenth century, Europe fully emerged from the Dark Ages and sent its explorers to all corners of the globe in search of trade and empire. Inevitably, these new world powers came into confl… OL5951829W
Buccaneers of the Caribbean Buccaneers of the Caribbean Jon Latimer "During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates but privateers, licensed to attack the Spanish by the governments of England, Fr… OL6037081W
Corsarios de Levante Corsarios de Levante Arturo Pérez-Reverte El protagonista de la novela es Diego Alatriste, un capitán español de los tercios de Flandes. Los personajes principales serán Alatriste e Iñigo Balboa, que ya tiene 17 años, y no tiene problemas en… OL7922389W
Ramage and the Rebels Ramage and the Rebels Dudley Pope Setting off on a presumably predictable sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon a scene of carnage: A sinking British ship, her crew and passe… OL861703W
The Iron Rose The Iron Rose Marsha Canham After the Spanish galleon attacked the English merchant ship, Varian St. Clare was shocked to learn that the captain of the privateer who saved him was Juliet Dante, daughter of legendary Pirate Wolf… OL999967W