Project Gutenberg 2025-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 419 Harris, Arthur M. (Arthur Merton) 1883 1945 Avison, George 1885 1970 Avison, George Alfred 23012008 Pirate tales from the law $aBoston :$bLittle, Brown, and Company, $c1922, copyright 1923. Salt water money: Captain Kidd -- Black flag from Boston: John Quelch -- Sea horror: "Blackbeard" -- Back pay: Henry Avery -- Groan o' the gallows: Tom Green -- "Who fires first?" John Gow. Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Pirate Tales from the Law" by Arthur M. Harris is a collection of historical accounts written in the early 20th century. It presents a fascinating overview of notorious pirates from the 18th century, focusing on the legal proceedings that ensued after their captures. The narrative dives into the lives of infamous figures like Captain Kidd, exposing the gritty reality of piracy stripped of myth, while detailing their adventures and eventual fates as brought to justice. The opening of the text introduces Captain William Kidd, who began his journey as a legitimate trader before being commissioned by the crown to combat piracy. As he sets sail, the conditions aboard his ship and the sea adventures that lie ahead are established, hinting at his eventual moral decline and the choices that lead him toward a piratical life. With vivid descriptions and historical context, Harris establishes a tone that captures both the allure and the brutal reality of life on the high seas, setting the stage for Kidd's transformation from lawful captain to an infamous pirate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://books.google.com/books?id=t70zAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=editions%3AVPCMDhf2vOYC&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false 20240611110057harris 1922 US Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Pirates G Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 477179 2025-06-29T14:33:33.578233 text/html 451803 2025-01-31T02:00:46 text/html 1479065 2025-06-29T14:33:43.509695 application/epub+zip 1476471 2025-06-29T14:33:35.951661 application/epub+zip 446767 2025-06-29T14:33:34.212225 application/epub+zip 4250427 2025-06-29T14:33:48.425626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4199162 2025-06-29T14:33:41.969671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434665 2025-06-29T14:33:32.901180 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 414721 2025-01-31T02:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16220 2025-06-29T14:33:48.573615 application/rdf+xml 21208 2025-06-29T14:33:34.437185 image/jpeg 3274 2025-06-29T14:33:34.322670 image/jpeg 1461376 2025-06-29T14:33:33.635199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog