Blackbeard: Buccaneer, by Ralph D. Paine

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Title: Blackbeard: Buccaneer

Author: Ralph D. Paine

Illustrator: Frank E. Schoonover

Release Date: May 14, 2008 [EBook #25472]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THIS LEAN, STRAIGHT ROVER LOOKED THE PART OF A COMPETENT SOLDIER]

BLACKBEARD BUCCANEER

By RALPH D. PAINE

[Illustration]

Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA

Blackbeard: Buccaneer

Made in the U. S. A.

Contents

I. THAT COURTEOUS PIRATE, CAPTAIN BONNET 7

II. THE MERCHANT TRADER, PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE 21

III. HELD AS HOSTAGES TO BLACKBEARD 43

IV. THE CAPTIVE SEAMEN IN THE FORECASTLE 62

V. RELEASING A FEARFUL WEAPON 79

VI. THE VOYAGE OF THE LITTLE RAFT 99

VII. THE MIST OF THE CHEROKEE SWAMP 114

VIII. THE EPISODE OF THE WINDING CREEK 132

IX. BLACKBE

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