{"product_id":"captain-william-kidd-and-others-john-s-c-abbott-9781646792580","title":"Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The extraordinary career of Captain Kidd, a New-York merchant, the demoniac feats of those fiends in human form, Bonnet, Barthelemy, and Lolonois; the romantic history of the innocent female pirate Mary Read, and of the termagant Anne Bonney; the amazing career of Sir Henry Morgan, and the fanaticism of Montbar, scarcely surpassed by that of Mohammed or Loyola, combine in creating a story, which the imagination of Dickens or Dumas could scarcely rival.\" --John S.C. Abbott, Preface, 1874\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican historian John S.C. Abbott wrote \u003cem\u003eCaptain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers\u003c\/em\u003e (1874) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series. Captain William Kidd (1655-1701) was a British sailor who fought for Great Britain against the French in the West Indies, became a shipowner in New York and turned to piracy and who was tried and became one of the most colorful pirates of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John S. C. Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646792580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646792580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.85d","brand":"John S. C. Abbott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982964326655,"sku":"9781646792580","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d63dba60-76d1-4f8f-9a0a-9e05d158af53.jpg?v=1683263930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captain-william-kidd-and-others-john-s-c-abbott-9781646792580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}