| Pirates -- Juvenile literature. |
| Smuggling -- Juvenile literature. |
| Privateering -- Juvenile literature. |
| Smugglers -- Juvenile literature. |
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| Kids/Juvenile | Non-fiction | Book | J 364.164 BUTTERFIELD | Searching... Unknown |
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Summary
Pirates and Smugglers is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen and women of the seas -- from the cruel Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than 2,000 years ago to the well-organized and ruthless modern-day buccaneers who target supertankers on the South China Sea -- and the loot they plunder and smuggle.
Author Notes
Moira Butterfield is a freelance children's author from the U.K. who has sold her books internationally. Her publications include books for children under 5 which has been recommended nationally. She is also known for her children's non-fiction books and fast moving fiction. Moira Butterfield has worked on licensed character material, educational material, comics and websites. She has been instrumental in originating and creating successful book brands for clients such as M & S, Barnes and Noble, Parragon and Chad Valley.
Her titles include Animals in Cold Places, Art for Children, Big Rough and Wrinkly, and Dolphin Finds a Star.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 5-7-Through stunning illustrations and engaging text, this book makes remarkably clear the fact that pirates have always been and continue to be vicious, greedy, and scary dudes (and dudettes). From the first section, dealing with ancient pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean, through today's outlaws, this book is fascinating. Photographs from the movies mix with drawings and reproductions to clarify the text. Many illustrations are graphic, which should appeal to students already enthralled with the smugglers' bloodthirsty ways. Captain Kidd, a Scottish pirate, is shown as a rotting corpse, chained and hanging as a reminder to all not to succumb to such crimes. Al Capone, not really a pirate in the classic sense of the word, nevertheless gets a mention because he smuggled illegal alcohol. The author explains that while the old-timers dealt in slavery and gold and the like, modern outlaws are drawn to exotic wildlife, illicit drugs, and arms. Like Milton Meltzer's fine Piracy & Plunder: A Murderous Business (Dutton, 2001), this title offers a true look at the world of piracy and is a bit better illustrated.-Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 6 |
| Chapter 1 The first pirates | p. 7 |
| Ancient times | p. 8 |
| The northern menace | p. 10 |
| Slave pirates | p. 12 |
| Plundering privateers | p. 14 |
| The Spanish Main | p. 16 |
| Summary | p. 18 |
| Chapter 2 The Golden Age | p. 19 |
| Buccaneers | p. 20 |
| Blackbeard's time | p. 22 |
| Pirate attacks | p. 24 |
| Life on board | p. 26 |
| Pirates on land | p. 28 |
| Female pirates | p. 30 |
| Pirate punishments | p. 32 |
| Chinese pirate fleets | p. 34 |
| Political pirates | p. 36 |
| Secretive smugglers | p. 38 |
| Smuggling facts and fiction | p. 40 |
| Summary | p. 42 |
| Chapter 3 Modern piracy and smuggling | p. 43 |
| Rumrunners | p. 44 |
| Modern-day smuggling | p. 46 |
| Wildlife smugglers | p. 48 |
| Smuggling people | p. 50 |
| Pirates today | p. 52 |
| Catching the criminals | p. 54 |
| Shipwreck hunters | p. 56 |
| Summary | p. 59 |
| Glossary | p. 60 |
| Index | p. 62 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 64 |