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Despite varying titles, these are essentially the same book. Published in 1724, Defoe's chronicle of the scourges of the sea was a smashing success, finding a wide audience eager for tales of those cutthroat sailors who flew the skull and crossbones. The Dover edition is more scholarly, including several essays on Defoe, indexes (ships, names, and places), photos, and a postscript. If you don't need any of that, save a couple of bucks and go with the Carroll & Graf edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
General History of Pyrates,
This review is from: A General History of the Pyrates (Paperback)
As to the author of this book, I personally do not believe it was Daniel Defoe and I have done a certain amount of research on the subject. There is no evedence supporting the theory that I can see, besides one man's idea, which proves nothing. The mysterious Captain Johnson is himslef the author, and none else.To the book itself, I found it very informitive and would reccomend it to anyone interested in pirates. Though I have to mention it took me a while to get used to the style of writing, and I found it lacking in dates in some cases. But all in all a very informitive book and I very much enjoyed it.
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To clear some things up on the issue of the author...,
By Damnit Janet (Aurora, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A General History of the Pyrates (Paperback)
The original text WAS written by Captain Charles Johnson in 1724. In 1932, John Robert Moore announced that the real author was Daniel Defoe. He was so certain that he wrote a book about it (Defoe in the Pillory and Other Studies). He was so convincing that most libraries/ publishers changed the cataloging. However, in 1988, P. N. Furbank and W. R. Owens proved him wrong, also in book form (The Canonisation of Daniel Defoe), based on the fact that there wasn't a single piece of documentary evidence that Defoe wrote the book. Long story short, Johnson wrote the book, not Defoe.
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This review is from: A General History of the Pyrates (Paperback)
Yes, Kevin, it was written by Captain Johnson. And Defoe. Johnson was one of Defoe's pennames.This book truly is the definitive work; while there is a lot of 18th century mythology sprinkled without, it's easy to pick through. Many of the characters in this book lived during Defoe's lifetime, making their stories fairly recent to his ears. It's fascinating to read about these pirates in the context in which they were presented to their contemporaries.
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