Captain William Kidd, And Others Of The Pirates Or Buccaneers Who Ravaged The Seas, The Islands, And The Continents Of America Two Hundred Years Ago

by John S.C. Abbott (Creator)

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Genres: Nonfiction, History

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1872

About the author

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (Andover Theological Seminary; Bowdoin College, 1825) was a historian, Congregationalist pastor, and pedagogical writer. With his brothers, including Gorham and Jacob Abbott, he was a co-founder of Abbott Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies in New York City.

Reviews

[Amle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I write stories, not sure if they are any good but it makes me happy to write them, so I do. During the past seven years or so I've been working on many things but during that time there's one story that I haven't yet been able to finish, so I keep at it, back and forth. I'm almost sure now that I'll never finish it. It is like an old friend, we're never really done with each other and we enjoy each other's company too much to part our ways.
At one point in the narrative, my main character will be in contact with something close to a pirate and I found my brain very poorly instructed in all things concerning the salty sea dogs, the terrors of the seas.
So I picked this up.
I have never been so amused by a so called work of non-fiction before. Our narrator, the dear author, is indignant and upset and invokes his dear lords name several times. He censors from our delicate ears many atrocities and he frequently colors the narrative with his opinion of the actions and events.
I'm pretty sure there are many other better sources for information about pirates and buccaneers but the judgmental and outraged style of writing really made the book an experience.

[Yaaresse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up in an area with a rich history of pirate activity and lore, so I read more books about pirates as a kid than I can remember. Captain Kidd, of course, is one of the better known of the pirating bunch. Dude got around, and he left his mark everywhere he went. Of course, when you're a kid, you think that kind of stuff is pretty badass. (OK, most adults do, too, even if we acknowledge that murder and piracy are fundamentally nasty things to engage in.)

Again, I'm a little bummed that no one had uploaded the older editions of the Abbott books just for nostalgia sake. I'm pretty sure this one was written in the 1870s. That didn't stop our school from having it in its library, where I gobbled up most of Abbott's biographies. I daresay they wouldn't hold up to the facts known today, but they were a fun read back then.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This should be titled Sir Henry Morgan and Others of the Buccaneers because this book has to be at least 50% about him and his adventures. Not that I'm complaining. It was infinitely interesting, if a little disturbing, learning about this "legal" pirate. If all of the historical accounts are to be believed, this man was one lucky son of bitch. He got out of plenty of tough scrapes and always managed to come out on top. All in all, some pretty entertaining non-fiction. I enjoyed the author's view on all the piratical escapades, and appreciated the glazing-over of some of the more violent crimes (although I did learn how to cause a man's eyes to burst clean out of his sockets and will probably dream about that grossness in nights to come).

[Audiobook Heaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book, I listened to the free audiobook version on YouTube. I will leave the link below so that everyone can enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BaeP...