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In these rollicking, madcap, often bloodthirsty pirate stories, Abe, the First Mate serving under Captain Morgan on the pirate ship Sweet Cutlass, tells his story of piracy on the high seas while sailing around the world in the waning years of? the great age of sail.? After Abe earns his own command of the pirate ship Night Lightning, he works in tandem with his mentor and former captain as they successfully board, loot and scuttle merchantmen of all flags. The pirates maraud and pillage at will on a route that takes in San Juan, Hatteras, the Bermudas, Madagascar, Zanzibar, the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, the Andaman Islands and Tierra del Fuego. They ruthlessly amass and bury a fortune in treasure, fight with other pirates, mutiny among themselves, carouse among landlubbers, deal with a treacherous sheik, free many slaves, make men walk the plank, and ship aboard beautiful, lively wenches. Between these covers are tales of singing pirates, lots of rum, a sea hag, an Amazonian pirate crew, gold and slave trafficking ships, a talking parrot, sea monsters and violent storms that open the gates to Davy Jones's Locker. E. W. Farnsworth rewrites legacy pirate lore by assuming pirates are cunning, often worldly wise and cultured in their own piratical ways. They are as brilliant and daring in battle as today's US Navy SEALs are--and as invincible.… (mais)
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My main impression reading this book was that the song from Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” had exploded and left this rather formulaic pirate tale. The number of “me hearties” and “mates” that are thrown around is unbelievable. At first I thought these rum-swilling, shark-feeding, singing pirates were ironically set up, but no. And yet. A few times there was hope of getting caught up in the adventure and that there would be a PLOT. These hopes were always dashed. For such geniuses who free slaves, always win their skirmishes, and outsmart everyone they come into contact with, why do they never go back to dig up the amazing amount of treasure they bury around the world?? I have no patience for this idiocy. Some fun adventure reading, but poorly executed. ( )
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In these rollicking, madcap, often bloodthirsty pirate stories, Abe, the First Mate serving under Captain Morgan on the pirate ship Sweet Cutlass, tells his story of piracy on the high seas while sailing around the world in the waning years of? the great age of sail.? After Abe earns his own command of the pirate ship Night Lightning, he works in tandem with his mentor and former captain as they successfully board, loot and scuttle merchantmen of all flags. The pirates maraud and pillage at will on a route that takes in San Juan, Hatteras, the Bermudas, Madagascar, Zanzibar, the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, the Andaman Islands and Tierra del Fuego. They ruthlessly amass and bury a fortune in treasure, fight with other pirates, mutiny among themselves, carouse among landlubbers, deal with a treacherous sheik, free many slaves, make men walk the plank, and ship aboard beautiful, lively wenches. Between these covers are tales of singing pirates, lots of rum, a sea hag, an Amazonian pirate crew, gold and slave trafficking ships, a talking parrot, sea monsters and violent storms that open the gates to Davy Jones's Locker. E. W. Farnsworth rewrites legacy pirate lore by assuming pirates are cunning, often worldly wise and cultured in their own piratical ways. They are as brilliant and daring in battle as today's US Navy SEALs are--and as invincible.
My main impression reading this book was that the song from Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” had exploded and left this rather formulaic pirate tale. The number of “me hearties” and “mates” that are thrown around is unbelievable. At first I thought these rum-swilling, shark-feeding, singing pirates were ironically set up, but no. And yet. A few times there was hope of getting caught up in the adventure and that there would be a PLOT. These hopes were always dashed. For such geniuses who free slaves, always win their skirmishes, and outsmart everyone they come into contact with, why do they never go back to dig up the amazing amount of treasure they bury around the world?? I have no patience for this idiocy.
Some fun adventure reading, but poorly executed. ( )