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Description
Pirating might sound like a romantic business, but what is it like to be on the receiving end of it? Pirates have many ingenious tortures, and once they have got what they want from you, the best you can hope for is to be marooned on an island.
Publication date
September 20, 2012
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9780531280270
Lexile Measure
770
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Series
You Wouldn't Want To...
BISAC categories
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
Library of Congress categories
History Caribbean Area Pirates 17th century To 1810 Spanish Main Spanish main
John Malam studied archaeology at the University of Birmingham, England, and worked as an archaeologist at historic sites across Britain before becoming a full-time writer. He specializes in children's non-fiction. He has written more than one hundred books, including An Ancient Greek Temple, Ancient Egyptian Jobs and Titanic, Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure. Antram was born in Brighton, England. He studied at Eastbourne College of Art and then worked in advertising for 15 years before becoming a full-time artist.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pirate's Prisoner!: Horrible Things You'd Rather Not Know (Revised)
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pirate's Prisoner!: Horrible Things You'd Rather Not Know (Revised) Format: Paperback