Captain Singleton (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537711386)

The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa, the latter half concerning his life as a pirate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Defoe's description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, and Singleton's pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe's comment on the mercantilism of his day.

Author: Edward Garnett,Daniel Defoe
ISBN-10: 1537711385
ISBN-13: 9781537711386
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2016
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d